Encryption of files
In Python, it is possible to encrypt and decrypt files before transmitting to a communication channel. For this, you will have to use the plugin PyCrypto. You can installation this plugin using the command given below.
>pip install pycrypto
Code
The program code for encrypting the file with password protector is mentioned below −
# =================Other Configuration================ # Usages : usage = "usage: %prog [options] " # Version Version="%prog 0.0.1" # ==================================================== # Import Modules import optparse, sys,os from toolkit import processor as ps def main(): parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage = usage,version = Version) parser.add_option( '-i','--input',type = 'string',dest = 'inputfile', help = "File Input Path For Encryption", default = None) parser.add_option( '-o','--output',type = "string",dest = 'outputfile', help = "File Output Path For Saving Encrypter Cipher",default = ".") parser.add_option( '-p','--password',type = "string",dest = 'password', help = "Provide Password For Encrypting File",default = None) parser.add_option( '-p','--password',type = "string",dest = 'password', help = "Provide Password For Encrypting File",default = None) (options, args)= parser.parse_args() # Input Conditions Checkings if not options.inputfile or not os.path.isfile(options.inputfile): print " [Error] Please Specify Input File Path" exit(0) if not options.outputfile or not os.path.isdir(options.outputfile): print " [Error] Please Specify Output Path" exit(0) if not options.password: print " [Error] No Password Input" exit(0) inputfile = options.inputfile outputfile = os.path.join( options.outputfile,os.path.basename(options.inputfile).split('.')[0]+'.ssb') password = options.password base = os.path.basename(inputfile).split('.')[1] work = "E" ps.FileCipher(inputfile,outputfile,password,work) return if __name__ == '__main__': main()
You can use the following command to execute the encryption process along with password −
>python pyfilecipher-encrypt.py -i file_path_for_encryption -o output_path -p password
Output
You can observe the following output when you execute the code given above −
Explanation
The passwords are generated using MD5 hash algorithm and the values are stored in simply safe backup files in Windows system, which includes the values as displayed below −