openssl_commands.md

Required dependencies

• Chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/install#individual
• OpenSSL for windows: choco install openssl
• StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62586085/9541789

Generate private key:

• openssl genrsa -out private.pem 8192

Derive public key:

• openssl rsa -in private.pem -pubout -out publickey.pub

To encrypt:

• openssl rsautl -encrypt -pubin -inkey publickey.pub -in plaintext.txt -out plaintext.enc

To decrypt and print to the console:

• openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey private.pem -in plaintext.enc

To decrypt and save to the file:

• openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey private.pem -in plaintext.enc -out plaintext.txt