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simple file encryption with pycrypto
beefish
Easy file encryption using pycrypto
.. image:: http://media.charlesleifer.com/blog/photos/beefish.jpg
installing
::
pip install beefish pycrypto
Alternatively::
pip install -e git+https://github.com/coleifer/beefish.git#egg=beefish
Dependencies:
-
pycrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/>
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command-line options
Usage::
beefish.py [-tkedaq] in_file [out_file]
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-e
- encrypt the providedin_file
and write toout_file
-
-d
- decrypt the providedin_file
and write toout_file
-
-k
- specify password as command-line argument (if unspecified you will be securely prompted). -
-a
- use AES-256 instead of the default "Blowfish" cipher. -
-t
- run test suite -
-q
- quiet mode (controls verbosity of test output).
examples
beefish can be used to encrypt and decrypt file-like objects::
from beefish import encrypt, decrypt
# encrypting
with open('secrets.txt') as fh:
with open('secrets.enc', 'wb') as out_fh:
encrypt(fh, out_fh, 'secret p@ssword')
# decrypting
with open('secrets.enc') as fh:
with open('secrets.dec', 'wb') as out_fh:
decrypt(fh, out_fh, 'secret p@ssword')
you can use a shortcut if you like::
# encrypting
encrypt_file('secrets.txt', 'secrets.enc', 'p@ssword')
# decrypting
decrypt_file('secrets.enc', 'secrets.dec', 'p@ssword')
you can use it from the command-line::
beefish.py -e secrets.txt secrets.enc
beefish.py -d secrets.enc secrets.dec
to use AES-256 cipher instead of the default, which is blowfish:
beefish.py -a -e secrets.txt
beefish.py -a -d secrets.encrypted