package crypto import ( "crypto/aes" "crypto/cipher" "io" "golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt" ) // NOTE: has to go with what is considered to be a simplistic in that it omits any // authentication of the encrypted data. // Person with better knowledge is welcomed to improve it. // sourced from https://golang.org/src/crypto/cipher/example_test.go var emptySalt []byte = make([]byte, 0) // AesEncrypt reads from input, encrypts with AES-256 and writes to the output. // passphrase is used to generate an encryption key. func AesEncrypt(input io.Reader, output io.Writer, passphrase []byte) error { // making a 32 bytes key that would correspond to AES-256 // don't necessarily need a salt, so just kept in empty key, err := scrypt.Key(passphrase, emptySalt, 32768, 8, 1, 32) if err != nil { return err } block, err := aes.NewCipher(key) if err != nil { return err } // If the key is unique for each ciphertext, then it's ok to use a zero // IV. var iv [aes.BlockSize]byte stream := cipher.NewOFB(block, iv[:]) writer := &cipher.StreamWriter{S: stream, W: output} // Copy the input to the output, encrypting as we go. if _, err := io.Copy(writer, input); err != nil { return err } return nil } // AesDecrypt reads from input, decrypts with AES-256 and returns the reader to a read decrypted content from. // passphrase is used to generate an encryption key. func AesDecrypt(input io.Reader, passphrase []byte) (io.Reader, error) { // making a 32 bytes key that would correspond to AES-256 // don't necessarily need a salt, so just kept in empty key, err := scrypt.Key(passphrase, emptySalt, 32768, 8, 1, 32) if err != nil { return nil, err } block, err := aes.NewCipher(key) if err != nil { return nil, err } // If the key is unique for each ciphertext, then it's ok to use a zero // IV. var iv [aes.BlockSize]byte stream := cipher.NewOFB(block, iv[:]) reader := &cipher.StreamReader{S: stream, R: input} return reader, nil }