Show HN: Shell utility to encrypt a file into a self-decrypting script

Re:Show HN: Shell utility to encrypt a file into a self-decr... by discreditable on Friday April 22, 2016 @01:54PM (#11551050)

How is this better than using gpg in symmetric mode, perhaps with its own wrapper?

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Re:Show HN: Shell utility to encrypt a file into a self-decr... by tptacek on Friday April 22, 2016 @02:32PM (#11551438)

It's not; it's worse than using GPG in symmetric mode.

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Re:Show HN: Shell utility to encrypt a file into a self-decr... by vbezhenar on Friday April 22, 2016 @02:35PM (#11551477)

Encryption scheme is similar or identical, AFAIK. GPG requires a little bit of manual setup and you need not to forget to include key with the encrypted file. And, of course, to install GPG when you need to decrypt. I wanted to be able to decrypt the file on any system without any additional dependencies (except OpenSSL, of course).

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