blowfish stream encryption (bdes equivalent)

[Kris Kennaway]

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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