On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 11:23:01PM +0100, Mathias Menzel-Nielsen wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 09:42:53PM +0100, Mathias Menzel-Nielsen wrote: > > > > > >>Hi > >> > >>I would like to encrpt a stream (a backup which is sent to tape) on the > >>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... > >> > >> > > > >openssl(1) > > > >Kris > > > > > 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 > with -d) > however i found this hints now: > http://www.madboa.com/geek/openssl/#encrypt-simple > > So thanks a lot. There are more docs on the openssl website, I think. Kris
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