public-encrypt
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Package description
The public-encrypt npm package provides functionality for asymmetric encryption and decryption using public and private keys. It allows users to encrypt data with a public key that can only be decrypted with the corresponding private key, and vice versa.
Public Key Encryption
This feature allows you to encrypt data using a public key. The encrypted data can only be decrypted by someone with the corresponding private key.
const { publicEncrypt } = require('public-encrypt');
const { publicKey, privateKey } = require('crypto').generateKeyPairSync('rsa', { modulusLength: 2048 });
const encryptedData = publicEncrypt(publicKey, Buffer.from('Hello, World!'));
console.log(encryptedData);Private Key Decryption
This feature allows you to decrypt data using a private key that corresponds to the public key used for encryption.
const { privateDecrypt } = require('public-encrypt');
const { publicKey, privateKey } = require('crypto').generateKeyPairSync('rsa', { modulusLength: 2048 });
const encryptedData = publicEncrypt(publicKey, Buffer.from('Hello, World!'));
const decryptedData = privateDecrypt(privateKey, encryptedData);
console.log(decryptedData.toString());node-rsa is a package that provides similar functionality for RSA encryption and decryption. It offers a more object-oriented approach compared to public-encrypt and includes additional features such as signing and verifying.
forge is a comprehensive library that includes not only public key encryption but also other cryptographic operations. It is more extensive than public-encrypt, providing a full set of tools for encryption, hashing, and TLS.
crypto-browserify is designed to emulate the Node.js crypto module for use in the browser. It includes functionality for public and private key encryption and decryption, similar to public-encrypt, but is tailored for browser environments.
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publicEncrypt/privateDecrypt for browserify
FAQs
browserify version of publicEncrypt & privateDecrypt
The npm package public-encrypt receives a total of 6,458,964 weekly downloads. As such, public-encrypt popularity was classified as popular.
We found that public-encrypt demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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