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C++ CLI for folder encryption with AES-256-GCM and USB-based key loading

10 points • by nextma • last Thursday at 4:06 AM • 2 comments • view on HN

I built a Linux CLI tool that encrypts and decrypts folders using AES-256-GCM. It also hides file and folder names and stores the mapping in an encrypted file.

Repo: https://github.com/sahilPadmani/ACE-files-encryption

Comments

wallstop • today at 1:38 AM

If this is a learning exercise, cool!

If this is a real thing, it needs a lot of work. Lots of failure modes, errors that are not being handled, sometimes exceptions, sometimes swallowing and printing to stdout, very inconsistent style, mixing and matching all kinds of C and C++ conventions, the fallback hard coded path of your specific user name + deep path ...

I would recommend not using this for any data that you actually care about.

yjftsjthsd-h • today at 1:44 AM

> When loading a key, it looks for meta.sec on the detected USB drive.

I would not trust a thumbdrive with a key that wasn't backed up elsewhere. Those things are unreliable on a good day, and I don't like data loss.