Generate encrypted data (wcs_encrypt)
The wcs_encrypt utility encrypts sensitive information with a given merchant key. The value of the merchant key could be specified through command line arguments or retrieved from calling out to the Key Locator Framework using the "-k" parameter. If none of these parameters are specified, it will encrypt the sensitive data with the default merchant key.
Syntax
Parameter values
- text
- The character sequence to encrypt
- merchant_key
- (Optional) The value of the merchant key to encrypt the data. Specify this parameter if the merchant key is not retrieved from the Key Locator Framework.
- -k keys_config_file_location
- (Optional) The merchant key is to be retrieved from the Key Locator Framework using the specified key configuration file. The absolute path of the file must be specified.
Example 1
Encrypt data when merchant key is not retrieved from the Key Locator Framework: