Encryption/decryption doesn’t work well between two different openssl versions
The default digest was changed from MD5 to SHA256 in Openssl 1.1 Try using -md md5 cgs@ubuntu:~$ echo “it-works!” > file.txt cgs@ubuntu:~$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/openssl-1.1.0/ openssl-1.1.0/apps/openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in ~/file.txt -out ~/file.txt.enc -md md5 enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: Verifying – enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: cgs@ubuntu:~$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/openssl-1.0.1f/ openssl-1.0.1f/apps/openssl aes-256-cbc -a -in ~/file.txt.enc -d enter aes-256-cbc decryption password: … Read more