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Date:      Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:25:16 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Mathias Menzel-Nielsen <matze@matzsoft.de>
Cc:        freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: blowfish stream encryption (bdes equivalent)
Message-ID:  <20060121222516.GA40989@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <43D2B445.8080205@matzsoft.de>
References:  <43D29CCD.1080701@matzsoft.de> <20060121214944.GC85143@xor.obsecurity.org> <43D2B445.8080205@matzsoft.de>

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On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 11:23:01PM +0100, Mathias Menzel-Nielsen wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> >On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 09:42:53PM +0100, Mathias Menzel-Nielsen wrote:
> >=20
> >
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I would like to encrpt a stream (a backup which is sent to tape) on the=
=20
> >>fly.
> >>
> >>I found the bdes(1) tool -- but it uses DES only.
> >>
> >>Is there any equivalent tool for a stronger algo?
> >>
> >>I dont want to create a disk(-image) with gdbe...
> >>  =20
> >>
> >
> >openssl(1)
> >
> >Kris
> >=20
> >
> I didn't know openssl could be used from cli so easily,

Yeah, it's a hidden gem.

> actually the man page isn't very detailed. (Not a word about decryption=
=20
> with -d)
> however i found this hints now:=20
> http://www.madboa.com/geek/openssl/#encrypt-simple
>=20
> So thanks a  lot.

There are more docs on the openssl website, I think.

Kris
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