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+# Crypter
+Script to encrypt and decrypt files easily using openssl
+## Howto
+ ./crypter.sh [encrypt/decrypt] [inputfile] [outputfile]
+## Additional info
+Uses des-ede3-cbc pbkdf2 with salt.\
+Files are converted using base64 encoding.