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 A simple encryption endpoint that will encrypt/decrypt your files using a password, as well as a universal salt/iv.
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+# How to run
+1. To get initial salt/iv values, simply run the `encryptInitEnc` function (it will also encrypt an example string)
+2. Set the salt/iv as env variables
+3. run the program using `node .`