petergpinto/bash-rsa

RSA Encryption implemented using bash scripting

bash-rsa

RSA Encryption implemented using bash scripting

This was a toy project created for a class to learn more about bash

Please don't use this for anything important

Files:

• genKeyPair - input: filename
  • This generates a new RSA key pair
• encrypt - input: public key, plaintext, outfile
  • Takes a public RSA key and plaintext to produce encrypted text
• decrypt - input: public key, ciphertext, outfile | output: plaintext
  • Takes a private RSA key and ciphertxt to restore the original text