Vault

Vault is a secure software that ensures your data remains 100% safe and encrypted. With Vault, you have exclusive access to your keys and data, providing an added layer of security and privacy.

Features

• Generation:
  • Generates a random and safe key and saves it in a specified file.
• Encryption:
  • Encrypts files using a key file and saves the encrypted data in a specified output file.
• Decryption:
  • Decrypts files using a key file and saves the decrypted data in a specified output file.

Instalation

Linux

Installation with Vault installer

On linux Vault can be installed with its installer

Installation with Vault shell installer

NOTE: These commands require super-user (sudo) permissions

1. Open a terminal and type the following commands in the terminal
2. Install curl (usually comes pre-installed)

sudo apt-get install curl

3. Run Vault installer

curl https://github.com/Ctrl-AltElite/Vault/blob/master/installers/linux.sh | sudo sh

Compiling from source

1. Open a terminal and type the following commands in the terminal

# IMPORTANT: make sure you have git, make, g++ and libssl-dev installed
# if not you can install them with the following command
# sudo apt install g++ libssl-dev make git

git clone https://github.com/Ctrl-AltElite/Vault.git
cd Vault
make
sudo make install

# If you want to unsintsall Vault you can run the following command
# sudo make uninstall

Windows

Installation with Vault installer

On windows Vault can be installed with its installer

Usage

To use Vault, follow the instructions below:

1. Generation:

./Vault g <output file>

• Generates a random and safe key and saves it in the specified <output file>. Example: ./Vault g master.key

2. Encryption:

./Vault e <key file> <input file> <output file>

• Encrypts the <input file> using the key stored in the <key file> and saves the encrypted data in the <output file>. Example: ./Vault e master.key data.txt encrypted.bin

3. Decryption:

./Vault d <key file> <input file> <output file>

• Decrypts the <input file> using the key stored in the <key file> and saves the decrypted data in the <output file>. Example: ./Vault d master.key encrypted.bin data.dec

File Types

• <key file>: Text/binary file containing the encryption key.
• <input file> and <output file>: Can be any file type.

Security Note

Vault is designed to keep your data secure and encrypted. Remember to keep your <key file> safe and confidential as it is crucial for decryption. Losing or exposing the <key file> may result in permanent data loss.

Current version

v0.1.2

Fixes

• README install instructions now work correctly
• Linux shell installer now works correctly

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.