ots/crypto/encrypt/encrypt.go

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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/
package encrypt

import (
	"crypto/aes"
	"crypto/cipher"
	"crypto/rand"
	"fmt"
)

type EncryptedBytes struct {
	Ciphertext []byte
	Key        []byte
	Nonce      []byte
}

// Bytes encrypts the provided data using AES-256-GCM with a randomly generated
// key and nonce. The nonce is prepended to the returned ciphertext.
func Bytes(bytes []byte) (EncryptedBytes, error) {
	if len(bytes) == 0 {
		return EncryptedBytes{}, fmt.Errorf("input bytes cannot be empty")
	}

	// Key should be 16 bytes (AES-128), 24 bytes (AES-192) or 32 bytes (AES-256)
	key := make([]byte, 32)
	_, err := rand.Read(key)
	if err != nil {
		return EncryptedBytes{}, err
	}

	// Generate a new aes cipher using the key above
	block, err := aes.NewCipher(key)
	if err != nil {
		return EncryptedBytes{}, err
	}

	// gcm or Galois/Counter Mode, is a mode of operation
	// for symmetric key cryptographic block ciphers
	// - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode
	aesGCM, err := cipher.NewGCM(block)
	if err != nil {
		return EncryptedBytes{}, err
	}

	// Create a new byte array the size of the nonce,
	// populate with a cryptographically secure random sequence
	nonce := make([]byte, aesGCM.NonceSize())
	_, err = rand.Read(nonce)
	if err != nil {
		return EncryptedBytes{}, err
	}

	// Encrypt and authenticate plaintext
	// Note: Seal() prepends the nonce to the ciphertext
	ciphertext := aesGCM.Seal(nonce, nonce, bytes, nil)

	return EncryptedBytes{ciphertext, key, nonce}, nil
}

// ExtractNonce returns the nonce from the ciphertext where it was prepended
func (e EncryptedBytes) ExtractNonce() []byte {
	return e.Ciphertext[:len(e.Nonce)]
}

// CiphertextWithoutNonce returns the ciphertext without the prepended nonce
func (e EncryptedBytes) CiphertextWithoutNonce() []byte {
	return e.Ciphertext[len(e.Nonce):]
}