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diff --git a/usr.bin/enigma/enigma.1 b/usr.bin/enigma/enigma.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..db62808d5871 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/enigma/enigma.1 @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +.\" +.\" enigma (aka. crypt) man page written by Joerg Wunsch. +.\" +.\" Since enigma itself is distributed in the Public Domain, this file +.\" is also. +.\" " +.Dd May 8, 2018 +.Dt ENIGMA 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm enigma , +.Nm crypt +.Nd very simple file encryption +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl s +.Op Fl k +.Op Ar password +.Nm crypt +.Op Fl s +.Op Fl k +.Op Ar password +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility, also known as +.Nm crypt +is a +.Em very +simple encryption program, working on a +.Dq secret-key +basis. +It operates as a filter, i.e., +it encrypts or decrypts a +stream of data from standard input, and writes the result to standard +output. +Since its operation is fully symmetrical, feeding the encrypted data +stream again through the engine (using the same secret key) will +decrypt it. +.Pp +There are several ways to provide the secret key to the program. +By +default, the program prompts the user on the controlling terminal for +the key, using +.Xr getpass 3 . +This is the only safe way of providing it. +.Pp +Alternatively, the key can be provided as the sole command-line +argument +.Ar password +when starting the program. +Obviously, this way the key can easily be +spotted by other users running +.Xr ps 1 . +As yet another alternative, +.Nm +can be given the option +.Fl k , +and it will take the key from the environment variable +.Ev CrYpTkEy . +While this at a first glance seems to be more secure than the previous +option, it actually is not since environment variables can also be +examined with +.Xr ps 1 . +Thus this option is mainly provided for compatibility with other +implementations of +.Nm . +.Pp +When specifying the option +.Fl s , +.Nm +modifies the encryption engine in a way that is supposed to make it a +little more secure, but incompatible with other implementations. +.Pp +.Ss Warning +The cryptographic value of +.Nm +is rather small. +This program is only provided here for compatibility +with other operating systems that also provide an implementation +(usually called +.Xr crypt 1 +there). +For real encryption, refer to +.Xr openssl 1 , +or +.Xr gpg 1 Pq Pa ports/security/gnupg1 . +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width ".Ev CrYpTkEy" +.It Ev CrYpTkEy +used to obtain the secret key when option +.Fl k +has been given +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal -offset indent +man enigma | enigma > encrypted +Enter key: (XXX \(em key not echoed) +.Ed +.Pp +This will create an encrypted form of this man page, and store it in +the file +.Pa encrypted . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +enigma XXX < encrypted +.Ed +.Pp +This displays the previously created file on the terminal. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gpg 1 Pq Pa ports/security/gnupg1 , +.Xr openssl 1 , +.Xr ps 1 , +.Xr getpass 3 +.Sh HISTORY +Implementations of +.Nm crypt +are very common among +.Ux +operating systems. +This implementation has been taken from the +.Em Cryptbreakers Workbench +which is in the public domain. |