diff --git a/cfg/sw/eurybox.conf b/cfg/sw/eurybox.conf
index c250363..75e9cb4 100644
--- a/cfg/sw/eurybox.conf
+++ b/cfg/sw/eurybox.conf
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE=(
   [HASH]="sha512"
   [ENCRYPT]="true"
   [ENC_ALGO]="aes-256-ctr"
-  [PASSWORD]="MyStrongEncryptionPassword"
+  [PASSFILE]="/secure_folder/passphrasefile"
   [FEC]="zfec"
   [FEC_FILE_NUM]="10"
 #FOR PAR2 ONLY
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE=(
 #-SSH: ssh client/server configuration done at system level (.ssh local files) + local mount point provided by sshfs. Password authentication capability has been enforced as disabled by command options
 #-NFS: nfs client/server configuration + local mount point provided by kernel.
 #-ISCSI: TODO - iSCSI target/initiator configuration + local mount point provided by TBD
-#-FTP: ftp client/server authentication (user/password - TODO? certs/.netrc/other) + mount provided by curlftpfs.
+#-FTP: ftp client/server authentication (user/password [UNSECURE] - TODO? certs/.netrc/other) + mount provided by curlftpfs.
 #-PART: local unmounted partition or raw device (as USB device, additional disks, ...) + local mount point provided by kernel. TODO: LUKS encrypted partition provided by kernel and cryptsetup tool
 #-LOCAL: local directory
 EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION=(
diff --git a/sw/src/eurybox.functions.check b/sw/src/eurybox.functions.check
index 61bcf47..5372dca 100644
--- a/sw/src/eurybox.functions.check
+++ b/sw/src/eurybox.functions.check
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ eurybox_check_arch ()
   esac
   if [[ ${ARCH_ENC} = "true" ]]
   then
-    ARCH_OUT=`sudo sh -c "openssl enc -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -d -in ${ARCH_FILE} -k ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSWORD]} | tar ${TAR_OPTIONS}" 2>&1`
+    ARCH_OUT=`sudo sh -c "openssl enc -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -d -in ${ARCH_FILE} -pass file:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSFILE]} | tar ${TAR_OPTIONS}" 2>&1`
     STATUS=$?
   else
     ARCH_OUT=`sudo sh -c "tar ${TAR_OPTIONS} -f ${ARCH_FILE}" 2>&1`
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ eurybox_check_command()
 #Conf file needs to be sourced before
 eurybox_check_configuration ()
 {
-  local -i SCRIPT_TYPE=$1
+  local SCRIPT_TYPE=$1
   
   #Checking script execution parameters
   if [[ -z $EURYBOX_CORPORATE || -z $EURYBOX_LOG_LEVEL ]]
@@ -124,22 +124,30 @@ eurybox_check_configuration ()
   if [[ $SCRIPT_TYPE = "BACKUP" || $SCRIPT_TYPE = "RESTORE" ]]
   then
     #Checking backup target parameters
-    if [[ -z $EURYBOX_BACKUP_TYPE || ${#EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[@]} -eq 0 || ${#EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[@]} -eq 0 || ${#EURYBOX_BACKUP_TARGETS[@]} -eq 0 ]]
+    if [[ -z $EURYBOX_BACKUP_TYPE || ${#EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[@]} -eq 0 || ${#EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[@]} -eq 0 ]]
     then
-      eurybox_display_message error CHECK "Backup parameters not set: Cold/$EURYBOX_BACKUP_COLD Hot/$EURYBOX_BACKUP_HOT Destination/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[*]} Archive/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[*]} Target/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_TARGETS[*]}"
+      eurybox_display_message error CHECK "Backup parameters not set:\nType:$EURYBOX_BACKUP_TYPE\nDestination:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[*]}\nArchive:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[*]}\nTargets:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_TARGETS[*]}"
     else
       eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Backup parameters:"
-      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Cold backup enabled: $EURYBOX_BACKUP_COLD"
-      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Hot backup enabled: $EURYBOX_BACKUP_HOT"
+      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Backup type: $EURYBOX_BACKUP_TYPE"
       eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Backup destination: ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[*]}"
-      if [[ $EURYBOX_LOG_LEVEL = "debug" ]]
-      then
-#NB: will display the encryption passphrase in the logs if debug mode selected
-        eurybox_display_message debug CHECK "Archive parameters: ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[*]}"
-      fi
+      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Archive parameters: ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[*]}"
       eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Archive targets: ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_TARGETS[*]}"
     fi
   fi
+  if [[ $SCRIPT_TYPE = "UPDATE" ]]
+  then
+    #Checking update parameters
+    if [[ -z $EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES_ACTIVATED || -z $EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES_PATH ]]
+    then
+      eurybox_display_message error CHECK "Update parameters not set:\nLocal repositories activated:$EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES_ACTIVATED\nLocal storage path:$EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES_PATH\nTarget repositories:${EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES[*]}"
+    else
+      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Update parameters:"
+      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Local repositories enabled: $EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES_ACTIVATED"
+      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Local repositories storage path: $EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES_PATH"
+      eurybox_display_message message CHECK "Target repositories: ${EURYBOX_UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOSITORIES[*]}"
+    fi
+  fi
 ##Make sure pipe individual output exit status are available
 ##set -o pipefail
   #Initialize tools options
@@ -459,7 +467,7 @@ eurybox_check_environment ()
       case ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENCRYPT]} in
         true )
           eurybox_check_command openssl
-          ENC_OUT=`echo "TEST"| openssl enc -salt -e -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -k ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSWORD]} -out /dev/null 2>&1`
+          ENC_OUT=`sudo sh -c "echo TEST | openssl enc -salt -e -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -pass file:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSFILE]} -out /dev/null" 2>&1`
           STATUS=$?
           if [[ !($STATUS -eq 0) ]]
           then
diff --git a/sw/src/eurybox.functions.create b/sw/src/eurybox.functions.create
index 5d6c37d..0bdd8b8 100644
--- a/sw/src/eurybox.functions.create
+++ b/sw/src/eurybox.functions.create
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ eurybox_create_archive_desc ()
   then
     DESCRIPTION+="ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]}\nARCHIVE_CONTENT:\n"
     #FIXME: function to read archive with variable archive format required here
-    DESCRIPTION+=`sudo sh -c "openssl enc -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -d -in ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[MOUNT]}/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[NAME]}.${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[FORMAT]} -k ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSWORD]} | tar ${TAR_OPTIONS}" 2>&1`
+    DESCRIPTION+=`sudo sh -c "openssl enc -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -d -in ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[MOUNT]}/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[NAME]}.${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[FORMAT]} -pass file:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSFILE]} | tar ${TAR_OPTIONS}" 2>&1`
     STATUS=$?
   else
     DESCRIPTION+="ARCHIVE_CONTENT:\n"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ eurybox_create_archive_tar ()
   then
     TAR_OUT=$((
     (
-      sudo sh -c "tar ${TAR_OPTIONS} ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_TARGETS[*]} | openssl enc -salt -e -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -k ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSWORD]} -out ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[MOUNT]}/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[NAME]}.${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[FORMAT]}"
+      sudo sh -c "tar ${TAR_OPTIONS} ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_TARGETS[*]} | openssl enc -salt -e -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -pass file:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSFILE]} -out ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_DESTINATION[MOUNT]}/${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[NAME]}.${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[FORMAT]}"
 #          STATUS=$(( ${PIPESTATUS[0]} + ${PIPESTATUS[1]} ))
     )) 2>&1)
     STATUS=$?
diff --git a/sw/src/eurybox.functions.restore b/sw/src/eurybox.functions.restore
index 9830616..e717809 100644
--- a/sw/src/eurybox.functions.restore
+++ b/sw/src/eurybox.functions.restore
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ eurybox_restore_file ()
   STATUS=1234
   if [[ $ARCH_ENC = "true" ]]
   then
-    RESTORE_OUT=`sudo sh -c "openssl enc -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -d -in $ARCH_FILE -k ${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSWORD]} | tar ${TAR_OPTIONS} $SELECT_FILE" 2>&1`
+    RESTORE_OUT=`sudo sh -c "openssl enc -${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[ENC_ALGO]} -d -in $ARCH_FILE -pass file:${EURYBOX_BACKUP_ARCHIVE[PASSFILE]} | tar ${TAR_OPTIONS} $SELECT_FILE" 2>&1`
     STATUS=$?
   else
     RESTORE_OUT=`sudo sh -c "tar ${TAR_OPTIONS} -f $ARCH_FILE $SELECT_FILE" 2>&1`