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Comment by wolf550e

7 years ago

from https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man1/openssl-enc.html

> The enc program does not support authenticated encryption modes like CCM and GCM, and will not support such modes in the future.

> For bulk encryption of data, whether using authenticated encryption modes or other modes, cms(1) is recommended, as it provides a standard data format and performs the needed key/iv/nonce management.

So don't use `openssl enc` to encrypt data.

`openssl cms` that is recommended above is S/MIME. Don't use S/MIME.

I can't wait for Filippo Valsorda's `age` to be done so I would have an answer to the question of "what should I use to encrypt a file?".