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Use AES-256-GCM + Scrypt to encrypt files.
npm install -g aesscr
CLI:
aesscr encrypt file.zip PASSWORD
# will create file.zip.aesscr
aesscr decrypt file.zip.aesscr PASSWORD
# will create file.zip
# PASSWORD must be 14 or more characters
# PASSWORD can be also supplied in ENV variable:
export AES_PASSWORD='abcdefabcdef1234'
aesscr encrypt file.zip
API:
import { encrypt, decrypt } from 'aesscr';
await encrypt("password101520", Uint8Array.from([5, 10, 11]));
IV + ciphertext + GCM tag
aes-1234-scr-5678-gcm
MIT License
FAQs
Use AES-256-GCM + Scrypt to encrypt files
The npm package aesscr receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, aesscr popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that aesscr demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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