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Powershell: Encrypt and decrypt strings with the host key

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each Windows machine has it’s own host key. This can be used to encrypt data which are only decrypted by this computer.

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OpenSSL: Asymmetric en- and decryption of a file


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this post describes the en- and decryption of a file with a asymmetric encryption algorithm.

Asymmetric encryption means you encrypt data by a public key and can only decrypt this data with a private key associated with the public key.
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OpenSSL: Symmetric en- and decryption of a file


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this post describes the en- and decryption of a file with a symmetric encryption algorithm.

Symmetric encryption means encryption and decryption is only possible with the same secret/password.
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Powershell: En- and Decrypt string with AES256

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if you have the requierment to encrypt strings in Powershell the .NET Framework offers some classes for this case. This is a symmetric encryption. Receiver and Sender uses the same Password/Key to en- and decrypt the message.
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Windows: Read Bitlocker encrypted drive in Windows PE

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in WinPE it is possible to read bitlocker encrypted drives.

Check state
manage-bde -status c:

If the drive is only protected by a password use
manage-bde -unlock c: -pw
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