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allows one to easily encrypt and decrypt files symmetrically using openssl and python3

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fileenc-openssl
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This code allows one to easily encrypt and decrypt files symmetrically using openssl and python3.

* Uses ``aes-256-cbc`` for file encryption (as implemented by openssl)
* Uses a salt when encrypting (to avoid pre-computation or rainbow tables).
* Uses ``sha256`` key stretching (with <0.1s) to make brute force prohibitively expensive.
* Uses ``sha256`` checksum to check file integrity.

Installation
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You can install using

.. code-block:: bash

pip install fileenc-openssl

If you want ``fileenc`` and ``filedec`` available system-wide, use ``sudo`` or equivalent.

Usage
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From command line:

.. code-block:: bash

fileenc --key 'password123' --input '*.png' --check --overwrite
filedec --key 'password123' --input '*.png.enc' --check --overwrite --remove
# the quotes around wildcards are important

From python:

.. code-block:: python

from fileenc_openssl import stretch_key, encrypt_file, decrypt_file
stretched_key = stretch_key('password123')
enc_pth = encrypt_file(raw_pth, key=stretched_key)
res_pth = decrypt_file(enc_pth, key=stretched_key)

Testing (needs ``py.test``):

.. code-block:: bash

py.test

Options
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You can find all options using ``fileenc --help``::

-h, --help show this help message and exit
-k KEY, --key KEY the key to use for encryption; you will be prompted for one if this is not provided (more secure)
-i INP, --input INP input file, directory or pattern (as a single string) (.enc will be appended)
-o OUTP, --output OUTP optionally, output file or directory (.enc will be stripped if available)
-d, --decrypt decrypt the input file(s) (as opposed to encrypt, which is the default)
-f, --overwrite overwrite existing files when decrypting (encrypting always overwrites)
-r, --remove remove the input file after en/decrypting (after --check)
-c, --check test the encryption by reversing it (abort on failure) (only for ENcryption due to salting)
-1, --once prompt for the key only once (when encrypting without -k)
-j N, --process-count N number of parallel processes to use for en/decryption; `0` for auto (default), `1` for serial


optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-k KEY, --key KEY the key to use for encryption; you will be prompted
for one if this is not provided (more secure)
-i INP, --input INP input file, directory or pattern as a single string
(required for encrypting; defaults to *.enc when
decrypting)
-o OUTP, --output OUTP
optionally, output file or directory; .enc will be
appended to each file
-d, --decrypt decrypt the input file(s) (as opposed to encrypt,
which is the default)
-f, --overwrite overwrite existing files when decrypting (encrypting
always overwrites)
-r, --remove shred the input file after en/decrypting (after
--check)
-c, --check test the encryption by reversing it (abort on failure)
(only for ENcryption due to salting)
-1, --once prompt for the key only once (only applicable if --key
and --decrypt are not set)
-j PROC_CNT, --process-count PROC_CNT
number of parallel processes to use for en/decryption;
`0` for auto (default), `1` for serial


License
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Revised BSD License; at your own risk, you can mostly do whatever you want with this code, just don't use my name for promotion and do keep the license file.

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