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Ccicrypt Utility--Set Encryption Properties

CCISSF also includes ccicrypt, a general purpose encryption utility. This utility has the following format:

Ccicrypt [-help] [-in infile] [-out outfile] [-p password] [-cipher cipher] [-dv dataVector] -encrypt|-decrypt
-in

Specifies a file to read input from. If it is left out, ccicrypt uses standard input.

-out

Specifies a file to direct output to. If it is left out, ccicrypt uses standard output.

-p

Specifies a password for ccicrypt to use. If it is left out, ccicrypt uses a default internal password.

-cipher

Tells ccicrypt what type of encryption algorithm to use. Enter ccicrypt -help for a list of choices and refer to http://www.openssl.org for descriptions. If an algorithm is not specified, DES in cipher feedback mode (des‑cfb) is used.

-dv

Specifies a data vector to ccicrypt. In addition to a password, some encryption algorithm modes (life cipher feedback mode) require additional random data to further randomize the output. The data vector is any string of characters.

-encrypt or –decrypt

Specify whether ccicrypt should encrypt or decrypt data. There is no default for this. One option should always be specified.

-help

Lists the available types of encryption algorithms.