strange behaviour under linux
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:29 pm
I've used AESCrypt since late last year under Windows7 and in conjunction with KeePass2 password manager. Since moving to linux (Ubuntu 14.04) I've installed AESCrypt and tend to use the gui because it has always worked well with auto-type in a password manager. I made the necessary edits for the target window and the auto-type string.
First, I found that I could not open in linux files encrypted under Windows. This seems to be caused by the constitution of the password. I tried many passwords, and there is always a problem for me in linux with passwords containing special characters and/or blank spaces. The 'advantage' of a gui + password manager + auto-type is that one can use a long string of around 60 characters using the whole field of character choice - strings that are practically impossible to type correctly by hand.
I tried various lengths of password even going down to a 6 alphanumeric characters plus 1 blank space and it would not work. As soon as I restricted the password to alphanumerics and - and _ signs, (eliminated blank spaces and special characters) I could go back up to 60 characters and the encryption worked fine.
I don't think this problem with the constitution of the password is related to the use of auto-type. Straight copy and paste suffered just the same and auto-typing into a text document worked just fine.
The second problem, once I settled on straight alphanumeric passwords, was that if I moved an encrypted file to another directory, it would not decrypt in that new location. If I moved it back to its original directory, it could be decrypted easily.
I never had this problem in Windows. This problem would make it difficult if not impossible to transfer encrypted files to someone else.
Has anyone experienced similar issues with AESCrypt in linux ?
First, I found that I could not open in linux files encrypted under Windows. This seems to be caused by the constitution of the password. I tried many passwords, and there is always a problem for me in linux with passwords containing special characters and/or blank spaces. The 'advantage' of a gui + password manager + auto-type is that one can use a long string of around 60 characters using the whole field of character choice - strings that are practically impossible to type correctly by hand.
I tried various lengths of password even going down to a 6 alphanumeric characters plus 1 blank space and it would not work. As soon as I restricted the password to alphanumerics and - and _ signs, (eliminated blank spaces and special characters) I could go back up to 60 characters and the encryption worked fine.
I don't think this problem with the constitution of the password is related to the use of auto-type. Straight copy and paste suffered just the same and auto-typing into a text document worked just fine.
The second problem, once I settled on straight alphanumeric passwords, was that if I moved an encrypted file to another directory, it would not decrypt in that new location. If I moved it back to its original directory, it could be decrypted easily.
I never had this problem in Windows. This problem would make it difficult if not impossible to transfer encrypted files to someone else.
Has anyone experienced similar issues with AESCrypt in linux ?