On 11/17/22 05:23, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> Unmaintained, no update since import in 2001, BSD/mac ports are the only
> ones shipping this old tool.
>
> A few others have https://www.aescrypt.com/ 3.x in their tree, but I'm
> not sure if that's the same tool (originally).
>
> I'm not a crypto person, but a tool this old and limited does not seem
> like an appropiate choice today.
>
> There's a plethora of up-to-date and well maintained tools out there to
> encrypt stuff these days.
Yes, the AES (Rijndael) cipher is available in both openssl and libressl.
>
> OK to remove?
ok aisha@
> ---
> Information for
> https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/amd64/aescrypt-0.7p1.tgz
>
> Comment:
> encrypt/decrypt using Rijndael encryption algorithm
>
> Description:
> Encrypt/decrypt stdin using the Advanced Encryption Standard winner
> "Rijndael" encryption algorithm in Cipher Block Feedback (stream)
> mode. Uses /dev/urandom to create a salt. Prepends the output stream
> with salt when encrypting, strips it off when decrypting.
>
> Maintainer: The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>
>
> WWW: http://aescrypt.sourceforge.net/
>
>
