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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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