Questions tagged [aes]
AES (advanced encryption standard) is an encryption algorithm which is used by organizations like U.S. Department of Defense and standardized by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Time).
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Generate symmetric key in openssl
I need to generate 128 bit symmetric key according to AES standard in openSSL. Unfortunately I can't find one in openssl. How to generate symmetric key?
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create zip format whose AES password is UTF international letters
for reason beyond me we want to create zip format encrypted with AES-256, whose password can be International, on Linux.
If we use 7-zip, I found it works when creating 7z file, ie the following works:...
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How is the IV embedded in an encrypted file when you do not indicate it?
Suppose I encrypt with a key "1234" a file containing "abcd" with:
openssl enc -iv BABA -aes128 -in file.txt -out file.enc -p
I get:
salt=1B929D9049534D22
key=...
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LibreSSL aes encryption incompatible with OpenSSL?
Machine A has OpenSSL 1.0.2k and I encrypt a dummy file like this:
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in plain.txt -e -pass pass:abcd1234 -out cipher.enc
Machine B has LibreSSL 3.3.3 and when I decrypt ...
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UEFI Encrypt disk on boot
I want to make UEFI/UFI encrypt disk with AES on boot, is it possible?
If yes, how can it be done?
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Unable to restore the veracrypt volume after quick format
Encrypted 256 GB volume of a 1 TB HDD using VeraCrypt. (standard AES)
Password is known. No rescue disk, keys available.
Problem:
My friend formatted the encrypted drive using the quick format and ...
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What is module aes-i586?
I'm using LMDE4 with LVM on LUKS and recently I've been getting these cryptic error messages at boot:
modprobe: module aes-i586 not found in modules.dep
Volume group "lvmlmde" not found
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How to download aes encrypted m3u8 using ffmpeg?
I tried to download a m3u8 video that seems to be AES encrypted using ffmpeg. I
tried several method and could not figure out how to download it, eg this method:
How to download aes encrypted m3u8 ...
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Decrypt AES 128 encrypted file with a key file
I have a file which is encrypted using AES 128 and I have a key file. How can I decrypt the file using the key file?
The key file has no extension, I opened it in notepad and it has bizarre text.
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Decrypt video encrypted with FFmpeg cenc-aes-ctr using other non-FFmpeg tool
I have a video that is encrypted using FFmpeg cenc-aes-ctr:
ffmpeg -encryption_schema cenc-aes-ctr \
-encryption_key someRandomKey \
-encryption_kid someRandomKid \
-i video.mp4 encrypted.mp4
Now I ...
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Equivalent hashcat commands for a openssl-enc command?
This is to find the passphrase for a block cipher. A test generated cipher can be decrypted using
$ openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md md5 -a -in filename
which prompts via th console for the password.
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File/Dir/Tar encryption pipeline - what md/cipher/mode?
I'm piping the results of a tar operation into openssl. File size is typically less than 10GiB. I've been doing some reading and come up with what I think would be considered secure and fast enough in ...
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OpenSSL performance test on a specific file
I m new in this world of Cryptography.
I`m trying to check the performance of the various algorithms on with OpenSSL.
Looking on the internet I find this command :
openssl speed aes-128-cbc des ...
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Does Raspberry Pi 4 support AES hardware acceleration?
I have Raspberry Pi 4 B (4GB version), I wonder if it supports AES hardware acceleration (so some special instruction set for CPU for faster encryption).
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Aes256-cbc encoding/decrypting error
I have been using gibberish.aes javascript code to encrypt some strings but when using a password such as £ or á, openssl command line does not want to decrypt it and spits out randomness but it works ...
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Generate Private Key with AES 256 CTR
How to generate a private key with AES 256-CTR ? I need a private key with CTR as CBC is no longer supported by my client. Please advise
Details:
We need to connect to an SFTP instance of client ...
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What is the default encryption key-size for dm-crypt / cryptsetup in LUKS mode?
I'm using cryptsetup 2.1.0, for which the default encryption options are (as reported by cryptsetup --help):
Default compiled-in device cipher parameters:
LUKS: aes-xts-plain64, Key: 256 bits, ...
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What's the best option for encrypting a file with openssl and a password?
I'm using a command to encrypt and decrypt files based on a password:
openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in secrets.txt -out secrets.txt.enc --pass pass:mypassword
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openssl aes-256-cbc -d -a -in ...
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Does 7zip for Linux support AES-NI?
I am looking to encrypt a set of fairly large files using well supported, ideally cross-platform software. I understand that 7zip uses 256 bit AES encryption.
Does anyone know if standard Linux ...
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How to encrypt txt files with AES256 via Windows 7z command line?
I have 7z on windows , and I want to encrypt 1 txt file with AES256 via 7z command line.
How can I do it please?
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How can I encrypt / decrypt AES-256 CBC with OpenSSL?
I just installed Linux (Ubuntu) for the first time and downloaded package OpenSSL as well. Opened command line too and tried some commands but none of them worked.
So what I have is initial vector: ...
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Is it safe to store the encrypted private key of a RSA pair on the same machine as the encrypted data?
I was not sure how to google this.
I want to set up a storage server where I encrypt everything that is sent to it, from anywhere. The files sent to it would automatically get encrypted by the public ...
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Few initial character are missing while AES decryption using openssl
I have done the encryption for the file through code using IVStatic = true and keysize = 256.
Now I am trying to decrypt the file using openssl commands.
I extracted IV from the IV from the file.
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Unable to decrypt AES with OpenSSL
I am working on a ctf game:
Encrypted with AES in ECB mode. All values base64 encoded
ciphertext = 8LBUVZfDfI6wnggG1uUYuQsRoGd08pGwHCN++R5rabMW9PJmWHWcSrjy5Tfffj6L
key = 3q1FxGhuZ5fQYbjzDxgQ35==
I ...
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How to get Outlook 2013 to encrypt using AES and not 3DES
In my company we are exchanging emails with a government authority once a month and they require us to encrypt those emails with encryption algorithm AES-128, AES-192 or AES-256. For the purpose we ...
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HMAC GCM failure
I am trying to configure for IPSEC GCM- this is the error I keep getting:
Error(s):
'encryption-algorithm aes-256-gcm'
1) HMAC Authentication is not compatible with AES-GCM
2) commit failed: (...
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OpenSSL gives "iv undefined" for AES-256-ECB
Can anyone spot why this command gives "iv undefined"?
>openssl.exe enc -d -aes-256-ecb -K 8000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 -in ex3.8_C.bin -out plaintext.bin -...
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OpenSSL Pads Keys in AES encryption?
I posted this on Stack Overflow but someone told me I should post it here instead.
I'm trying to use aes-128-cbc encryption with openssl, and I would expect that the key needs to be 32 digits. ...
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Script for using AesCrypt on a lot of files
I'm just learning bash and I'm about to renew my backup security standards at home, just in case something happens.
I have two external HDDs for Backup. I want to encrypt the files first on my laptop ...
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Is it possible to encrypt a file when adding it to an old zipped folder with 7zip?
So, I've been encrypting my online backups with AES 256 using 7zip. However, when I go to add a file to the old archive by opening it with 7zip and dragging the file I want to add into the 7zip window ...
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How to check AES speed on Ubuntu?
Is there any way to check how fast an Ubuntu 16.04 machine can do AES ciphering?
I'm not interesting in comparing AES levels, but am just curious to see the cost quantified in some way.
Since it's ...
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How to enable SSD encryption?
I just bought a Samsung EVO 840, which supports AES-256 encryption.
Reading the very little documentation that I could find about SSD encryption, I found that I have to enter my BIOS, go to the ...
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OpenSSL AES speed different with EVP and no AES-NI
My computer does not have AES-NI, but when I run openssl speed with and without -evp I see a speed difference. Why is this?
openssl speed aes-128-cbc
Doing aes-128 cbc for 3s on 16 size blocks: ...
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Basic AES decryption problem
I'm working through the book Cryptography Engineering, and the current problem goes something like this:
Using an existing cryptography library, decrypt the following
ciphertext (in hex form):
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AES Encrypt DMG for Windows?
I need to encrypt a dmg file with an AES key. On MAC we can do so on Disk Utilities but how to do it on Windows?
I tried Mac Tools Lite but it has no such function. I also tried Google Search but I ...
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How do I fix a cipher mismatch issue with sftp?
I'm running into an issue where a server was upgraded to RHEL 6.5, and we have automated bash scripts on an RHEL 5.9 install that connects through sftp and ssh commands.
Now, the new server only ...
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Is it possible to add a cipher for an sftp client?
I'm running into an issue where a server was upgraded to RHEL 6.5, and we have automated scripts on an RHEL 5.9 install that connects through sftp and ssh commands.
Now, the new server only supports ...
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Android - recover encrypted images
I have nearly 0 understanding of encryption, I just want to recover my old photos.
In my old Android phone I used a certain photo-video locking app to encrypt my images. Images were stored on SD card....
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Decrypting the CipherValue in a PSKC file
This is the opposite of what I was doing in this question - https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/21021/encryption-and-hmac-in-a-pskc-file
The spec is there at https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6030....
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Is there an AES 256 LUKS encryption option in Fedora?
it was suggested that my post (https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/73140/is-there-an-aes-256-luks-encryption-option-in-fedora?noredirect=1#comment120019_73140) would be better if I asked it ...
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Enable AES encryption via ATA password on Samsung Evo 840 with data already on the drive?
Does the Evo 840 support changing the AES key (more or less) on the fly (in my case from "no key" to "my key")? I don't mind if it takes an hour to encipher the data as long as I don't have to re-...
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gpg2 - no option to select aes block cipher and outdated use agent?
With OpenSSL, I can select a what type of block cipher to use for encrypting a file.
For example, if I want to encrypt a file with AES256 CBC block cipher mode:
openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -pass ...
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Question about AES and Cryptsetup
I've read that AES can work with three key sizes: 128 bits, 192 bits and 256 bits.
I'm trying to set up a LUKS partition with CryptSetup, using “aes-xts-plain64” cipher.
Why can I create keys of any ...
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Is it better to use Bitlocker or the built-in-drive-encryption that my SSD offers?
My system:
Intel Core i7-4790, which supports AES-NI
ASUS Z97-PRO mobo
Samsung 250GB EVO SSD (with built-in encryption option)
64-bit Windows 7
If I just want to encrypt my boot drive with AES256 or ...
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Does software-based OTFE cripple SSD performance without CPU AES?
Sorry for the alphabet soup.
I want to use software-based on-the-fly AES file encryption
I will not use full disk encryption (only file and partition).
This would be on an older Core 2 system, so ...
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How to get system-wide use of Intel's AES-NI acceleration with OpenSSL 0.9.8?
I found the following instructions to get Intel's contrib OpenSSL 0.9.8 engine code on some Westmere-based systems that we have:
$ wget https://www.openssl.org/contrib/intel-accel-1.5.tar.gz
$ tar -...
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How do I import a raw AES key to a JCEKS keystore?
I have some test data that is encrypted with 256 bit AES. The customer supplied the key as a 256 bit file. The application uses a java key store for decryption keys. The keytool options I've found ...
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How do you create an AES XTS key?
I am interested in hacking around with Gluster cloud FS whose most recent beta uses AES with XTS only. It also requires openssl >= 1.0.1.
The 1.0.1f Jan 2014 openssl (with 64 bit lib) install for my ...
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Damn Small Linux: aes module not working
I try to get losetup with aes encryption working on a Damn Small Linux 4.11 rc2, but without success:
# modprobe aes
$ dd if=/dev/random ibs=512 count=256 of=crypt.img
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Changing encryption settings for Microsoft Office 2010/2013
Although there are Office 2013 settings to change how encryption is performed, when you encrypt Open XML Format files (.docx, .xslx, .pptx, and so on) the default values — AES (Advanced Encryption ...
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