[Chemicalphysicstheory] Problem with openssl encryption

[Joakim Brorsson]

Hi Elizabeth

Thank you very much for the tip, I was able decrypt the file when specifying the method as “-md md5”.

With regards

Joakim

> On 7 Nov 2022, at 15:35, Elisabeth Dietze <dietze at chalmers.se> wrote:
> 
> Hej Joakim,
> 
> I have not experienced something similar, but it could be that the new OSX uses a different version of openssl as standard which interprets the password differently. One can specify the method used with the -md command. 
> This tip comes from this suggestion: https://superuser.com/questions/1451101/openssl-encrypted-file-cannot-be-decrypted-by-others
> My OSX has the version: OpenSSL 1.1.1i  8 Dec 2020.
> 
> Elisabeth 
> 
> On 2022-11-07, 13:16, "Chemicalphysicstheory on behalf of Joakim Brorsson" <chemicalphysicstheory-bounces at lists.chalmers.se on behalf of joabro at chalmers.se> wrote:
> 
>    Hi
> 
>    I was wondering if anyone has any experience of openssl encryption that could possibly help me with a problem that I am facing. Specifically, I have recently updated the operating system on my Macbook and have since discovered that I can no longer decrypt a file that I have previously encrypted with openssl. Since I regularly encrypt and decrypt this file  my first thought that I might had made a mistake when writing the passcode for the last encryption, but that does not seem to be case since I cannot decrypt any of the versions found in my Time Machine backup.
> 
>    Have any of you experienced something similar or have any idea about a possible solution. I have tried to look online but failed to find any helpful tips.
> 
>    With regards
> 
>    Joakim
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