installing

pip install beefish pycrypto

Alternatively:

pip install -e git+git://github.com/coleifer/beefish.git#egg=beefish

Dependencies:

• pycrypto

command-line options

Usage:

beefish.py [-tkedaq] in_file [out_file]

• -e - encrypt the provided in_file and write to out_file

• -d - decrypt the provided in_file and write to out_file

• -k - specify password as command-line argument (if unspecified you will be securely prompted).

• -a - use AES-256 instead of the default “Blowfish” cipher.

• -t - run test suite

• -q - quiet mode (controls verbosity of test output).

examples

beefish can be used to encrypt and decrypt file-like objects:

from beefish import encrypt, decrypt

# encrypting
with open('secrets.txt') as fh:
    with open('secrets.enc', 'wb') as out_fh:
        encrypt(fh, out_fh, 'secret p@ssword')

# decrypting
with open('secrets.enc') as fh:
    with open('secrets.dec', 'wb') as out_fh:
        decrypt(fh, out_fh, 'secret p@ssword')

you can use a shortcut if you like:

# encrypting
encrypt_file('secrets.txt', 'secrets.enc', 'p@ssword')

# decrypting
decrypt_file('secrets.enc', 'secrets.dec', 'p@ssword')

you can use it from the command-line:

beefish.py -e secrets.txt secrets.enc
beefish.py -d secrets.enc secrets.dec

to use AES-256 cipher instead of the default, which is blowfish:

beefish.py -a -e secrets.txt beefish.py -a -d secrets.encrypted