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Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files

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Kynn Jones writes:

> I am looking for software to symmetric-encrypt large numbers of files on disk  
> (terabytes' worth of data), and would appreciate some advice.
>
> My basic requirements:
>
> • It should be open source and no-cost (though, since I'm asking this  
> question here, this goes without saying);
>
> • I should be able to program scripts (shell, Python, Perl, or Ruby) to run  
> this software without human intervention; this rules out tools that are  
> designed for interactive use.
>
> • It should be stable; I should be able to decrypt encrypted files that were  
> encrypted several years earlier; (how much earlier?  hard to say; let's say  
> 10 years, as a rough ballpark)
> In addition, the following would be nice:
>
> • good documentation;
>
> • good performance;
>
> • bindings for a high-level language (preferably Python).
>
> The only encryption tool I have used for encrypting files on my hard drive is  
> gpg2, which I have used for small, interactive encryption tasks (half-dozen  
> files, at most).

[...]

> What Debian packages would you recommend?

I actually tend to use 7-Zip for symmetric file encryption a lot because it  
ensures cross-platform compatibility and many users have 7-Zip already  
installed (I am always afraid that one day decryption software might not be  
available because then data would be close to being lost). The Debian  
package is `p7zip-full`.

Another program which I like is AESCrypt. Unfortunately it seems it is not  
included in Debian, but one might be able to install it via PIP (I have only  
ever used the Java and C version). I have actually read the Java  
implementation (which is also available as a very minimalistic commandline  
utility) and found the code understandable which is always a bonus when it  
comes to security :) Additionally, it was simple to adapt the library to  
provide a slightly different API and the result is still compatible with the  
AESCrypt commandline. As a result, you can use the API to automatically  
process data and the commandline utility to manually extract the data should  
something go wrong with the automatism. AESCrypt also seems to have Python  
bindings (but I have not used them). See https://www.aescrypt.com.

HTH
Linux-Fan

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Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk  symmetric encryption/decryption of files Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2019-01-09 15:10 +0100
  Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk  symmetric encryption/decryption of files David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-01-09 20:00 +0100
  Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised,          bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2019-01-10 00:50 +0100
  Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised,  bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-10 04:20 +0100
    Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised,  bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-01-11 22:50 +0100
      Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised,  bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-13 04:50 +0100
        Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk  symmetric encryption/decryption of files John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2019-01-13 10:00 +0100
  Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk  symmetric encryption/decryption of files Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2019-01-10 06:10 +0100

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