PyCrypt

PyCrypt is a small python utility for encrypting and decrypting AES.

Requirements

• Python (2.7)
• pycrypto - PyPI

Scripts

encrypt.py

Usage

python encrypt.py [-h] key msg

Arguments

Argument	Explenation
key	The encryption key to encrypt the message with
msg	The message to encrypt

decrypt.py

Usage

python decrypt.py [-h] key msg

Arguments

Argument	Explenation
key	The encryption key to decrypt the message with
msg	The encrypted message to decrypt

Example

> python encrypt.py secret "Hello World\!"
9729c82afb07bcddd67b8d54b1efe13237d0c71edc96b7ceeae390c2b3

> python decrypt.py secret 9729c82afb07bcddd67b8d54b1efe13237d0c71edc96b7ceeae390c2b3
Hello World\!

(Notice the back-slash before the exclamation mark, this is to escape it, as it otherwise has special meaning in bash)