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Print a warning message when using an insecure algorithm
author Guido Berhoerster <guido+sencrypt@berhoerster.name>
date Sat, 03 Sep 2016 14:02:42 +0200
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1 <?xml version="1.0"?> 1 <?xml version="1.0"?>
2 <!-- 2 <!--
3 3
4 Copyright (C) 2014 Guido Berhoerster <guido+sencrypt@berhoerster.name> 4 Copyright (C) 2016 Guido Berhoerster <guido+sencrypt@berhoerster.name>
5 5
6 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining 6 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
7 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 7 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
8 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including 8 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
9 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, 9 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
31 <surname>Berhoerster</surname> 31 <surname>Berhoerster</surname>
32 </personname> 32 </personname>
33 <email>guido+sencrypt@berhoerster.name</email> 33 <email>guido+sencrypt@berhoerster.name</email>
34 <personblurb/> 34 <personblurb/>
35 </author> 35 </author>
36 <date>21 January, 2014</date> 36 <date>3 September, 2016</date>
37 </info> 37 </info>
38 <refmeta> 38 <refmeta>
39 <refentrytitle>sencrypt</refentrytitle> 39 <refentrytitle>sencrypt</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> 40 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
41 <refmiscinfo class="source"/> 41 <refmiscinfo class="source"/>
142 <term> 142 <term>
143 <option>-a</option> 143 <option>-a</option>
144 <replaceable>algorithm</replaceable> 144 <replaceable>algorithm</replaceable>
145 </term> 145 </term>
146 <listitem> 146 <listitem>
147 <para>Use the specified algorithm.</para> 147 <para>Use the specified algorithm. See
148 <xref linkend="algorithms"/> for a list of supported
149 algorithms.</para>
148 </listitem> 150 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry> 151 </varlistentry>
150 <varlistentry> 152 <varlistentry>
151 <term> 153 <term>
152 <option>-k</option> 154 <option>-k</option>
183 <para>Ignored for compatibility with <command>encrypt</command> and 185 <para>Ignored for compatibility with <command>encrypt</command> and
184 <command>decrypt</command>.</para> 186 <command>decrypt</command>.</para>
185 </listitem> 187 </listitem>
186 </varlistentry> 188 </varlistentry>
187 </variablelist> 189 </variablelist>
190 </refsect1>
191 <refsect1 xml:id="algorithms">
192 <title>Algorithms</title>
193 <para>The following algorithms and key lengths are supported:
194 <simplelist type="vert" columns="2">
195 <member>aes</member>
196 <member>arcfour</member>
197 <member>des</member>
198 <member>3des</member>
199 </simplelist></para>
200 <para>The arcfour, des, and 3des algorithms are considered insecure and should
201 not longer be used to encrypt new files. Using them will print a warning
202 message.</para>
188 </refsect1> 203 </refsect1>
189 <refsect1> 204 <refsect1>
190 <title>Examples</title> 205 <title>Examples</title>
191 <example> 206 <example>
192 <title>Encrypt a file with the AES algorithm</title> 207 <title>Encrypt a file with the AES algorithm</title>