> Add-Content test.txt "a test"
2.) pack it up as a certificate before transfer
> $raw = get-content -path test.txt -Encoding Byte
> $b64 = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($raw)
> $begin = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----"
> $end = "-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
> "$begin$b64$end"|Out-File output.txt
3.) transfer it however you like
4.) receiving end decodes it back to original state with certutil
> certutil.exe -decode output.txt decoded.txt
> get-content decoded.txt
a test
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explanation
- create a file you want to encode/transfer
- convert it to raw bytes
- base64 it
- wrap it into a legit certificate file
- now you can transfer it
- then on the receiving end use certutil.exe to decode it back to it's original state
