Encrypting files with OpenSSL

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 ^