# brew openssl alias ossl='/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2/bin/openssl' export OSSL=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2/bin/openssl #openssl alias sha="$OSSL sha1" alias sha256="$OSSL dgst -sha256" alias sha512="$OSSL dgst -sha512" alias b64="$OSSL enc -base64 -e" alias b64dec="$OSSL enc -base64 -d" alias ciphers="$OSSL list-cipher-commands" ### ### ### ### ### ### AES Encrypt/Decrypt # alias aes="$OSSL enc -aes-256-cbc" # encrypt file.txt to file.enc using 256-bit AES in CBC mode #openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc # the same, only the output is base64 encoded for, e.g., e-mail #openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc # decrypt binary file.enc #openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in file.enc # decrypt base64-encoded version #openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in file.enc # provide password on command line #openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc -pass pass:mySillyPassword # provide password in a file #openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc -pass file:/path/to/secret/password.txt