XOR Crypt

A command-line utility for encrypting files with a one-time pad. Each bit in the input file is XOR'd with the cooresponding bit in the one-time pad.

Proper Usage

Show proper usage for the installed version of xor_crypt.

xorc --help

Show installed xor_crypt version.

xorc --version

Encrypt/decrypt a file

xorc <input_file> <output_file> [--pad=<path_to_pad>] [--pos=<position_in_pad>]

NOTE: Options (starting with the "--" prefix) are optional and can be in any order.

WARNING: Paths to files must be absolute. Relative paths will NOT be normalized.

Example:
Encrypt "my_secret.txt" with "my_pad.key" at position 0 and write output to "my_encrypted_secret.crypt".

xorc my_secret.txt my_encrypted_secret.crypt --pad=my_pad.key --pos=0

Build and install this project with Conan (for Unix-like systems)

1. Install a C++ compiler (Example: clang), Git, and Python >=3.7 (Example: apt).

sudo apt install -y clang git python3

2. (Optional) Create a Python >=3.7 virtual environment and activate it. Install the Python Virtual Environment if you haven't already.

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install Conan.

pip3 install "conan>=2.0.0"

4. Create the default Conan profile.

conan profile detect

5. Build and install with Conan.

conan create .