In this article we will encrypt (using AES 256 cbc) and password protect (Salt the AES) a file using the openssl binary.<\/p>\n
The file we will encrypt will be the file secretfile.txt.As you can see it is just a plain text file.<\/p>\n
[root@linux tmp]# cat\u00a0 secretfile.txt
\nThis is a secret file that we do not want anyone to read.<\/p>\n
Encrypt File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Use the openssl comand to encrypt your file and then test the new file is fully encrypted.<\/p>\n [root@linux tmp]# openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -in secretfile.txt -out secretfile.txt.aes [root@linux tmp]# cat\u00a0 secretfile.txt.aes
\nenter aes-256-cbc encryption password:
\nVerifying – enter aes-256-cbc encryption password:<\/p>\n
\n3b\u00a6ted__\u00d9.:SL\u00ec\u00d5\u00a7\u00d5L<Jdc
\nu3A\u00c8F\\V!\u00ea:S2;\u00b3\u00e2\u00ff.Lfj\u00cf\u00a9\u00f9!_b*&)Stf\u00f9<\/p>\n