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authorLevi Durfee <levi.durfee@gmail.com>2026-01-07 09:02:49 -0500
committerLevi Durfee <levi.durfee@gmail.com>2026-01-07 09:02:54 -0500
commitcde8ee415e8529edb74b83d14e9abb87bdd26648 (patch)
tree0fda34dd65e4cc4747a97cf6082319e9a556a952
parent22ce0770a047b44c8168ec1ccd21b7771903ff42 (diff)
Update readme to reflect changes
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ I wanted to write some Go and encryption fascinates me, so I wrote `goaes`.
## getting started
-1. Generate a new main key.
+1. Generate a new passphrase.
+2. Generate a new salt.
```bash
goaes generate
@@ -31,13 +32,18 @@ Don't use this one. This one is mine.
```bash
XGfpiNUvKJy8k7KeUEyhev4jkTIajb1s9CMJP9xH/7A=
+tjrXXdH+0/NXSsaDOYuGtEM2zXxWFNPXSPXoli5++iE=
```
-2. Set `SECRET_KEY` to the value of the key you generated.
-3. Run the `goaes` command.
+3. Set `GOAES_PASSPHRASE` to the passphrase.
+4. Set `GOAES_SALT` to the salt.
+5. Run the `goaes` command.
```bash
-SECRET_KEY=XGfpiNUvKJy8k7KeUEyhev4jkTIajb1s9CMJP9xH/7A= goaes encrypt -s ./input.txt -d ./output.enc
+export GOAES_PASSPHRASE=XGfpiNUvKJy8k7KeUEyhev4jkTIajb1s9CMJP9xH/7A=
+export GOAES_SALT=tjrXXdH+0/NXSsaDOYuGtEM2zXxWFNPXSPXoli5++iE=
+
+goaes encrypt -s ./input.txt -d ./output.enc
```
### usage