javascript_file_encryption_symmetric_password_based_crypto.md

title	JavaScript Password based symmetric file encryption using Nodes native "Crypto" Library
keywords	sample
summary	Password based symmetric file encryption in JavaScript
permalink	javascript_file_encryption_symmetric_password_based.html
folder	JavaScript Crypto
references	url description https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html Node.js filesystem
authors	name url Tobias Hirzel
current_reviews
last_updated	2018-11-27
tags	JavaScript Node.js node-crypto AES GCM PBKDF2 Salt AEAD

Use cases

• Usable on server side, not intended for use, on client side, in Browsers
• Password based encryption of a file
• Previously shared common secret (password)

node version

• 10.13.0

JavaScript Version

• ECMAScript 6 and higher

Installation

• crypto is is a native node module, no installation is required
• Winston logger

Example Code for JavaScript Password based symmetric file encryption using AES-GCM and PBKDF2

{% include_relative src/allinone/ExampleFileEncryption.js %}

{% include links.html %}