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Sending and receiving files in a plane text is vulnerable to attacks. So we can eaisly encrypt a file using this method in linux<\/p>\n

For Encryption–<\/strong><\/p>\n

#openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -e -in <plain_text_file> \\out <encrypted_file_name><\/p>\n

For Decryption—<\/strong><\/p>\n

#openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -in <encrypted_file_name> \\-out <plain_text_file><\/p>\n

File will ask for the password (passphrase) so that unauthorised acces to this file can be prevented.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Enjoy secure sharing\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sending and receiving files in a plane text is vulnerable to attacks. 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