Optionally `--encrypt` can be specified. This will output an encrypted file and a decryption key:

```
$ mc support inspect --encrypt play/test123/test*/*/part.*
mc: Encrypted file data successfully downloaded as inspect.ad2b43d8.enc
mc: Decryption key: ad2b43d847fdb14e54c5836200177f7158b3f745433525f5d23c0e0208e50c9948540b54

mc: The decryption key will ONLY be shown here. It cannot be recovered.

			return
		}
		writeSuccessResponseJSON(w, resp)
		return
	}

	// 2. Verify that we can indeed decrypt the (encrypted) key
	decryptedKey, err := GlobalKMS.Decrypt(ctx, &kms.DecryptRequest{
		Name:           key.KeyID,
		Ciphertext:     key.Ciphertext,
		AssociatedData: kmsContext,
	})
	if err != nil {
		response.DecryptionErr = err.Error()

func Requested(h http.Header) bool {
	return S3.IsRequested(h) || S3KMS.IsRequested(h) || SSEC.IsRequested(h)
}

// UnsealObjectKey extracts and decrypts the sealed object key
// from the metadata using the SSE-Copy client key of the HTTP headers
// and returns the decrypted object key.
func (sse ssecCopy) UnsealObjectKey(h http.Header, metadata map[string]string, bucket, object string) (key ObjectKey, err error) {

//
// All objects are encrypted with an unique and randomly generated 'ObjectKey'.
// The ObjectKey itself is never stored in plaintext. Instead it is only stored
// in a sealed from. The sealed 'ObjectKey' is created by encrypting the 'ObjectKey'
// with an unique key-encryption-key. Given the correct key-encryption-key the
// sealed 'ObjectKey' can be unsealed and the object can be decrypted.
//
// ## SSE-C
//

	}

	return x509Certs, nil
}

// LoadX509KeyPair - load an X509 key pair (private key , certificate)
// from the provided paths. The private key may be encrypted and is
// decrypted using the ENV_VAR: MINIO_CERT_PASSWD.
func LoadX509KeyPair(certFile, keyFile string) (tls.Certificate, error) {
	certPEMBlock, err := os.ReadFile(certFile)
	if err != nil {

		}

		plaintext, err := Decrypt(KMS, bytes.NewReader(data), test.Context)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed to decrypt stream: %v", i, err)
		}
		data, err = io.ReadAll(plaintext)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed to decrypt stream: %v", i, err)
		}

		if !bytes.Equal(data, test.Data) {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: decrypted data does not match original data", i)
		}
	}
}

          "x-amz-restore": "ongoing-request=false, expiry-date=Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT",
...
```

### Encrypted/Object locked objects

// It will be decrypted if needed.
func (o *ObjectInfo) ArchiveInfo(h http.Header) []byte {
	if len(o.UserDefined) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	z, ok := o.UserDefined[archiveInfoMetadataKey]
	if !ok {
		return nil
	}
	data := []byte(z)
	if v, ok := o.UserDefined[archiveTypeMetadataKey]; ok && v == archiveTypeEnc {
		decrypted, err := o.metadataDecrypter(h)(archiveTypeEnc, data)

		return key, ErrCustomerKeyMD5Mismatch
	}
	copy(key[:], clientKey)
	return key, nil
}

// UnsealObjectKey extracts and decrypts the sealed object key
// from the metadata using the SSE-C client key of the HTTP headers
// and returns the decrypted object key.
func (s3 ssec) UnsealObjectKey(h http.Header, metadata map[string]string, bucket, object string) (key ObjectKey, err error) {
	clientKey, err := s3.ParseHTTP(h)

So, the client sends an **HTTPS request**. This is just an HTTP request through an encrypted TLS connection.

<img src="/img/deployment/https/https04.drawio.svg">

### Decrypt the Request { #decrypt-the-request }