Hi. On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 03:58:46PM +0200, Philipp Ewald wrote: > echo -n "That's the text" | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -A -nosalt > > gives me following "String": > ttn39k7YiglePLvmmc6s+w==
Correct so far, assuming that you've entered a passphrase from the keyboard. > echo -n "ttn39k7YiglePLvmmc6s+w==" | openssl base64 -d | openssl enc -d > -aes-256-cbc Wrong one. By default openssl assumes that plaintext is salted before the encryption. > echo -n "ttn39k7YiglePLvmmc6s+w==" | openssl base64 -d | openssl enc -d > -aes-256-cbc -nosalt That one worked for me, but I've used a different passphrase, so the ciphertext was different: $ echo -n "That's the text" | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -A -nosalt -k foo 2>/dev/null 3zGGAzM31Vsu9cax67TUrw== $ echo -n 3zGGAzM31Vsu9cax67TUrw== | base64 -d | openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -nosalt -k foo 2>/dev/null That's the text $ openssl version OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019 Reco
