Re: OpenSSl encrpt and decrypt a String
Hi,
16 oct. 2020 à 15:58 de philipp.ewald@digionline.de:
> i try to encrypt a String with OpenSSL but its not working as i want.
>
> echo -n "That's the text" | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -A -nosalt
>
I don't know if your question is just theoretical or if you have a valid use case beyond the base64 "issue", but please note that CBC mode is probably not what you want if you are looking for security (see padding oracle attacks).
Some pointers:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
* https://blog.cloudflare.com/padding-oracles-and-the-decline-of-cbc-mode-ciphersuites/
* https://robertheaton.com/2013/07/29/padding-oracle-attack/
Best regards,
l0f4r0
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