On 18/12/2018 18:04, Sam Roberts wrote:
> Maybe you should look at gpg directly, `gpg --symmetric` uses a passphrase,
> which doesn't sound fiddly.
Unfortunately that doesn't do what I want: I'm after something using public key
encryption (asymmetric, or a hybrid). This is so I don't need to deplo
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 3:18 AM Nick wrote:
> I should add that I don't really care about the format, or even the use of
> openssl - just the ability to tackle large files with the benefits of public
> key encryption, in a self-contained way without needing fiddly work deploying
> the keys (as
On 17/12/2018 22:02, Jakob Bohm via openssl-users wrote:
> A simpler way is to realize that the formats used by SMIME/CMS (specifically
> the PKCS#7 formats) allow almost unlimited file size, and any 2GiB limit is
> probably an artifact of either the openssl command line tool or some of the
> under
On 17/12/2018 16:21, Nick wrote:
Hello,
I've written a script to try and work around openssl's lack of a way to encrypt
large files with public key or hybrid cryptography. I gather SMIME works for
files < ~ 2.5GB but the current implementation cannot decrypt files larger than
this.
My use case
Hello,
I've written a script to try and work around openssl's lack of a way to encrypt
large files with public key or hybrid cryptography. I gather SMIME works for
files < ~ 2.5GB but the current implementation cannot decrypt files larger than
this.
My use case is automated server back-ups, for
