Encrypting data with openssl and transmitting it with nc

openssl-payload.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This snippet demonstrates how to send and receive data
# encrypted with openssl using netcat.
#
# You can switch around the netcat listener and sender
# depending on your preference. This example is setup
# for copying data from a host into a VirtualBox VM.
# You can also substitute 'nc' for another tool.
#
# This example keeps the encrypted data and the symetric
# password out of the terminal session history and the
# process table.

# Sender machine:
read -s PASS
export PASS
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pass env:PASS -base64 -pbkdf2 | nc -l 8080

# Target machine:
nc 10.0.2.2 8080 | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -base64 -pbkdf2