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How can I create a random 64 bit key for DEC ECB encryption/decryption, and then use the same key for encryption/decryption many times? All this must be done using openssl command line tool.

In all the examples I have seen, they do not use a "key", they use "password". But I need a key - array of bytes - because I need to send it to the other party (I don't know which API they use for cryptography.)

Then I need to use this key - array of bytes - to encrypt/decrypt data.

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add a -K 0123456789abcdef to your command. From openssl enc help:

-K/-iv         key/iv in hex is the next argument
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Thanks. But how can I generate this key using the openssl command line tool? – smsrecv Feb 22 '11 at 9:22
You can use the rand routine. – Jumbogram Feb 22 '11 at 15:03
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