file-password-lock

Lock and Unlock Files using Password via Terminal

Project to demonstrate my skills in working with cryptography and the understanding of SHA-1, AES and GCM which plays a role in converting plaintext to cipher text for encryption.

Design

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V7AQaUK28SfeVD7xCpF3tXQMoxA-UvBW/view?usp=sharing

Pre-requisites:

1. Go Version 1.18 and above.

Setup

1. Clone the repository on your local machine by git clone github.com/adarsh2858/file-password-lock.
2. Run the command go mod tidy
3. go run . encrypt /path/to/fileName.png
4. Check the file if you are still able to view it.
5. go run . decrypt /path/to/fileName.png