aef

Util for file encryption

Features

• Encryption with AES-256-GCM
• Use scrypt to prevent brute force cracking
• Support for pipeline operations

Install

Download the binary from the release page

Or use cargo to install

bash cargo install aef

Use

Encryption

bash aef -i ./your.file -o ./your.aef

Decryption

bash aef -i ./yout.aef -o ./your.file -d

By default you will enter your password in the terminal, if you don't want to enter it manually you can use the -p option

bash aef -i ./your.file -o ./your.aef -p 123456

Pipeline operation

If input/output is not specified, aef will read/write from stdin/stdout.

```bash

Read from stdin and output to stdout

cat your.file | aef > your.aef

Read from file and output to stdout

aef -i your.aef -d | > your.file

Read from stdin and output to file

cat your.file | aef -o ./your.aef ```

Example

Used in conjunction with the tar command

Encryption

bash tar -cf - ./dir | aef -o ./your.aef

Decryption

bash aef -i ./your.aef -d | tar -xf -