Need to Keep Secrets? Encrypt it.
To Encrypt:
$ openssl des3 -salt -in file.txt -out file.des3
The above will prompt for a password, or you can put it in
with a -k option, assuming you're on a trusted server.
To Decrypt
$ openssl des3 -d -salt -in file.des3 -out file.txt -k
mypassword
Need to encrypt what you type? Enter the following, then start
typing
and ^D to end.
$ openssl des3 -salt -out stuff.txt
note -: openssl should be installed in your system, if not
#yum install openssl* or install from your cd/dvd.