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Encrypt a file with an ssh public key and include instructions on how to decrypt
#!/bin/bash
# ToDo
#
# * make it work for non-rsa keys
# * support encrypting multiple files at once
# * add support for other pubkey sources than github
if [ "$#" -ne "2" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <ssh_pubkey or github_username> <file_to_encrypt>" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
echo "No public key by that name. Assuming this is a github user."
TMPRAW=$(curl -f "https://github.com/${1}.keys" 2> /dev/null)
RETVAL=$?
if [ "$RETVAL" -ne "0" ]; then
if [ "$RETVAL" -eq "22" ]; then
echo "Could not find a github user by the name $1" > /dev/stderr
fi
exit $?
fi
PUBKEY=$(echo "$TMPRAW" | grep "ssh-" | head -n 1)
if [ "${#PUBKEY}" -lt 10 ]; then
echo "No public key found for github user $1" > /dev/stderr
exit 1
fi
else
PUBKEY=$(cat $1)
fi
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
TMPTARDIR=${TMPDIR}/$(basename $2)
mkdir $TMPTARDIR
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
exit $?
fi
TMPKEY="${TMPDIR}/insecure.key"
touch $TMPKEY
chmod 600 $TMPKEY
openssl rand -out $TMPKEY 192
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
rm -rf $TMPDIR
exit $?
fi
OUTFILENAME=$(basename $2).enc
OUTFILE="${TMPTARDIR}/$OUTFILENAME"
OUTKEYFILE=secret.key
OUTKEY="${TMPTARDIR}/$OUTKEYFILE"
MYOUTKEYFILE=sender.key
MYOUTKEY="${TMPTARDIR}/$MYOUTKEYFILE"
echo $PUBKEY > ${TMPDIR}/pubkey
ssh-keygen -e -f ${TMPDIR}/pubkey -m PKCS8 | openssl rsautl -encrypt -pubin -inkey /dev/stdin -in $TMPKEY -out $OUTKEY
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
rm -rf $TMPDIR
exit $?
fi
if [ -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ]; then
ssh-keygen -e -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -m PKCS8 | openssl rsautl -encrypt -pubin -inkey /dev/stdin -in $TMPKEY -out $MYOUTKEY
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
rm -rf $TMPDIR
exit $?
fi
fi
openssl aes-256-cbc -in $2 -out $OUTFILE -pass file:$TMPKEY
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
rm -rf $TMPDIR
exit $?
fi
rm $TMPKEY
README="${TMPTARDIR}/README"
echo "To decrypt this file run the following command:" > $README
echo "" >> $README
echo " openssl rsautl -decrypt -ssl -inkey ~/.ssh/id_rsa -in $OUTKEYFILE -out /dev/stdout | openssl aes-256-cbc -d -in $OUTFILENAME -pass file:/dev/stdin -out ${OUTFILENAME::-4}" >> $README
echo "" >> $README
echo "This is the ssh public key that was used to encrypt the file:" >> $README
echo "" >> $README
echo $PUBKEY >> $README
echo "" >> $README
if [ -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ]; then
echo "The person who encrypted this file is also able to decrypt it with the command:" >> $README
echo "" >> $README
echo " openssl rsautl -decrypt -ssl -inkey ~/.ssh/id_rsa -in $MYOUTKEYFILE -out /dev/stdout | openssl aes-256-cbc -d -in $OUTFILENAME -pass file:/dev/stdin -out ${OUTFILENAME::-4}" >> $README
echo "" >> $README
echo "and this is the public key they used for this secondary encryption:" >> $README
echo "" >> $README
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> $README
echo "" >> $README
fi
echo "--" >> $README
echo "juul.io" >> $README
FINAL_OUT=$(basename $2).encrypted.tar.gz
tar -C $TMPDIR -c -f $(pwd)/$FINAL_OUT -z $(basename $TMPTARDIR)
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
rm -rf $TMPDIR
echo $TMPDIR
exit $?
fi
rm -rf $TMPDIR
echo "Encrypted to: $FINAL_OUT"
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