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diff --git a/office/unaesgcm/README b/office/unaesgcm/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b5c7649c9b --- /dev/null +++ b/office/unaesgcm/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +unaesgcm is An AES-256-GCM de-/encryption utility specializing on +`aesgcm`-scheme URLs as described in the [OMEMO media sharing XMPP +extension (XEP-0454)](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0454.html) and as +implemented in modern XMPP clients. The latter meaning, in particular, +that the initialization vector size is not restricted to 96 bits. + +The utility consists of: + +* `unaesgcm` command for decrypting local files; +* `aesgcm-open` command for fetching URLs, decrypting and opening files + with associated applications; +* a desktop entry handling `aesgcm` URLs using a GUI-friendly flavor of + the above command; +* `aesgcm` command for encrypting local files that exists mostly for + symmetry. + +The utility is intended mainly for development/debugging, as the URLs +with this scheme are supposed to be invisible to XMPP users, in ideal. |