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defmodule Fields.AES do
@moduledoc """
Encrypt values with AES in Galois/Counter Mode (GCM)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode
using a random Initialisation Vector for each encryption,
this makes "bruteforce" decryption much more difficult.
See `encrypt/1` and `decrypt/1` for more details.
"""
# Use AES 256 Bit Keys for Encryption.
@aad "AES256GCM"
@doc """
Encrypt Using AES Galois/Counter Mode (GCM)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode
Uses a random IV for each call, and prepends the IV and Tag to the
ciphertext. This means that `encrypt/1` will never return the same ciphertext
for the same value. This makes "cracking" (bruteforce decryption) much harder!
## Parameters
- `plaintext`: Accepts any data type as all values are converted to a String
using `to_string` before encryption.
- `key_id`: the index of the AES encryption key used to encrypt the ciphertext
## Examples
iex> Fields.AES.encrypt("tea", 1) != Fields.AES.encrypt("tea", 1)
true
iex> ciphertext = Fields.AES.encrypt(123, 1)
iex> is_binary(ciphertext)
true
"""
@spec encrypt(any) :: String.t()
def encrypt(plaintext) do
# create random Initialisation Vector
iv = :crypto.strong_rand_bytes(16)
# get the *latest* key in the list of encryption keys
key = get_key()
{ciphertext, tag} = :crypto.block_encrypt(:aes_gcm, key, iv, {@aad, to_string(plaintext), 16})
# "return" iv with the cipher tag & ciphertext
iv <> tag <> ciphertext
end
@spec encrypt(any, number) :: {String.t(), number}
def encrypt(plaintext, key_id) do
# create random Initialisation Vector
iv = :crypto.strong_rand_bytes(16)
# get *specific* key (by id) from list of keys.
key = get_key(key_id)
{ciphertext, tag} = :crypto.block_encrypt(:aes_gcm, key, iv, {@aad, to_string(plaintext), 16})
# "return" iv with the cipher tag & ciphertext
iv <> tag <> ciphertext
end
@doc """
Decrypt a binary using GCM.
## Parameters
- `ciphertext`: a binary to decrypt, assuming that the first 16 bytes of the
binary are the IV to use for decryption.
- `key_id`: the index of the AES encryption key used to encrypt the ciphertext
## Example
iex> Fields.AES.encrypt("test") |> Fields.AES.decrypt(1)
"test"
"""
@spec decrypt(String.t(), number) :: {String.t(), number}
# patern match on binary to split parts:
def decrypt(ciphertext, key_id) do
<<iv::binary-16, tag::binary-16, ciphertext::binary>> = ciphertext
# get encrytion/decryption key based on key_id
key = get_key(key_id)
:crypto.block_decrypt(:aes_gcm, key, iv, {@aad, ciphertext, tag})
end
# as above but *asumes* `default` (latest) encryption key is used.
@spec decrypt(any) :: String.t()
def decrypt(ciphertext) do
<<iv::binary-16, tag::binary-16, ciphertext::binary>> = ciphertext
:crypto.block_decrypt(:aes_gcm, get_key(), iv, {@aad, ciphertext, tag})
end
# @doc """
# get_key - Get encryption key from list of keys.
# if `key_id` is *not* supplied as argument,
# then the default *latest* encryption key will be returned.
# ## Parameters
# - `key_id`: the index of AES encryption key used to encrypt the ciphertext
# ## Example
# iex> Fields.AES.get_key
# <<13, 217, 61, 143, 87, 215, 35, 162, 183, 151, 179, 205, 37, 148>>
# """ # doc commented out because https://stackoverflow.com/q/45171024/1148249
@spec get_key() :: String
defp get_key do
keys = Application.get_env(:fields, Fields.AES)[:keys]
count = Enum.count(keys) - 1
get_key(count)
end
@spec get_key(number) :: String
defp get_key(key_id) do
keys = Application.get_env(:fields, Fields.AES)[:keys]
Enum.at(keys, key_id)
end
end