encryption utilities in linux

[newlin]

Hi
I am a newbie to linux.

I have a code that uses wincrypt.h for encryption/decryption under windows.

I need to use something similar to this to make my code work on linux.

Please help !!!!

thanks

[burntfuse]

Exactly what type of encryption are you using?

[newlin]

password type encryption...

[Xaleandr]

Have a look at
http://www.gnupg.org/
Under some ditributions (e.g. SuSe 10.1) this is already included

[burntfuse]

password type encryption...

That's not very specific. Different systems use different types of encryption for passwords.

[devils casper]

i prefer OpenSSL for password type encryptions.
it works on OS X, Linux, anywhere with OpenSSL installed:
To encrypt a file:

openssl des3 -salt -in infile.txt -out encryptedfile.txt

To decrypt the file:

openssl des3 -d -salt -in encryptedfile.txt -out normalfile.txt

do not specify the same file as input and output on encryption.. I have noticed weird effects on OS X (it eats the file). remove the -in * stuff if you want to pipe data into it (e.g. a tarred folder). omit the -out * stuff if you want it to pipe data out on STDOUT.





Casper

[newlin]

Casper
thanks a bunch.

Will go ahead with openSSL.

newlin