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What encryption algorithm should be used for encrypting text as text n FreePascal/Delphi?

I need to encrypt some text in my program developed using Lazarus/Freepascal, but I should be able to load them as text and decrypt them, rather than in binary because I need to save them in a TStrings type property.

Which algorithm(s) are suited to that?

Solution

  • Afaik the much used Delphi dcpcrypt2 package works fine on FPC/Lazarus.

    http://www.cityinthesky.co.uk/cryptography.html

    I usually use Rijndael.

    Freepascal has an own unit for mime encoding that works fine, also in Delphi