rustcm-cli/README.md

Rust Simple Text Cipher Machine

About

It does precisely what the name indicates, i.e., encryption and decryption of files using the ChaCha20-Poly1305 authenticated streaming cipher algorithm. The program is still in its alpha (incomplete) stage.

Build

• Have Cargo (Rust-langs' package manager) installed.

• cargo build --release to build. You will find the program binary in the ./target/release directory.

Usage

• ./rustcm-cli --help prints the help message.

• ./rustcm-cli --version prints the version information.

• ./rustcm-cli --encrypt <input-path> <output-path> reads the input file, encrypts the data, and writes to the output file.

• ./rustcm-cli --decrypt <input-path> <output-path> reads the input file, decrypts the data, and writes to the output file.

Disclaimer

Do not use this for any high value information. I won't be held accountable for any damage caused to you by this program. Please use at your own discretion.

License

Distributed under the GPLv3 License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contributors

• ME