Cipher Information
The cipher-info
program describes the format and characteristics of one or more encrypted files. It also reports if the file is incomplete or corrupt. The information returned includes the file name, the protocol, the ID and length of the key, the cipher type, the cipher mode, the hash, ithe entropy type and level, and finally the chunksize and timestamp.
Example Usage
We list a few examples of the cipher-info
command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets identify a ciphertext file:
cipher-info README.cip
returns:
Filename: README.cip Cipher: type: AES mode: CTR nonce: 85b5546f57c760620000000000000000 Authenticate: method: Secret Key: hash: SHA256 length: 512 session: b69f10215a7b65043faa45443017a8fccacecdd04073d1b9895bdd3a5eb8ace1 Entropy Generator: type: BZip level: 6 Keyed-Hashed Message Authentication Code: hash: SHA256 Random Generator: hash: SHA256 Chunksize: 8kb Dates: modify: 2009-01-19T20:41:19-05:00 create: 2009-01-23T15:10:47-05:00 timestamp: 2009-01-23T15:13:44-05:00 Protocol: 1.0 Version: WizardsToolkit 1.0.6 01/23/08 http://urban-warrior.org
Option Summary
The cipher-info
command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.
Option | Description |
---|---|
-debug events | display copious debugging information |
-help | print program options |
-log format | format of debugging information |
-version | print version information |