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author | Victor Shyba <victor1984@riseup.net> | 2016-11-24 21:09:33 -0300 |
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committer | drebs <drebs@leap.se> | 2016-12-12 09:17:51 -0200 |
commit | 8b091951e8adebadc4be4dc5b2fb4f8b63c6900e (patch) | |
tree | 9cfe8d0a946ed123e04830b27dc37d40ffec0015 /client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py | |
parent | 89d5c898527c32baec8454d6e3c749935d00a313 (diff) |
[docs] add docstrings for _crypto
Also explaining how we are using Twisted's consumer interfaces.
Diffstat (limited to 'client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py')
-rw-r--r-- | client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py | 109 |
1 files changed, 101 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py b/client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py index d8d37f55..4a59159c 100644 --- a/client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py +++ b/client/src/leap/soledad/client/_crypto.py @@ -75,11 +75,30 @@ docinfo = namedtuple('docinfo', 'doc_id rev') class SoledadCrypto(object): - + """ + This class provides convenient methods for document encryption and + decryption using BlobEncryptor and BlobDecryptor classes. + """ def __init__(self, secret): + """ + Initialize the crypto object. + + :param secret: The Soledad remote storage secret. + :type secret: str + """ self.secret = secret def encrypt_doc(self, doc): + """ + Creates and configures a BlobEncryptor, asking it to start encryption + and wrapping the result as a simple JSON string with a "raw" key. + + :param doc: the document to be encrypted. + :type doc: SoledadDocument + :return: A deferred whose callback will be invoked with a JSON string + containing the ciphertext as the value of "raw" key. + :rtype: twisted.internet.defer.Deferred + """ def put_raw(blob): raw = blob.getvalue() @@ -95,6 +114,15 @@ class SoledadCrypto(object): return d def decrypt_doc(self, doc): + """ + Creates and configures a BlobDecryptor, asking it decrypt and returning + the decrypted cleartext content from the encrypted document. + + :param doc: the document to be decrypted. + :type doc: SoledadDocument + :return: The decrypted cleartext content of the document. + :rtype: str + """ info = docinfo(doc.doc_id, doc.rev) ciphertext = BytesIO() payload = doc.content['raw'] @@ -106,6 +134,18 @@ class SoledadCrypto(object): def encrypt_sym(data, key): + """ + Encrypt data using AES-256 cipher in CTR mode. + + :param data: The data to be encrypted. + :type data: str + :param key: The key used to encrypt data (must be 256 bits long). + :type key: str + + :return: A tuple with the initialization vector and the ciphertext, both + encoded as base64. + :rtype: (str, str) + """ iv = os.urandom(16) encryptor = AESEncryptor(key, iv) encryptor.write(data) @@ -115,6 +155,20 @@ def encrypt_sym(data, key): def decrypt_sym(data, key, iv): + """ + Decrypt data using AES-256 cipher in CTR mode. + + :param data: The data to be decrypted. + :type data: str + :param key: The symmetric key used to decrypt data (must be 256 bits + long). + :type key: str + :param iv: The base64 encoded initialization vector. + :type iv: str + + :return: The decrypted data. + :rtype: str + """ _iv = base64.b64decode(str(iv)) decryptor = AESDecryptor(key, _iv) decryptor.write(data) @@ -124,11 +178,16 @@ def decrypt_sym(data, key, iv): class BlobEncryptor(object): - """ - Encrypts a payload associated with a given Document. + Produces encrypted data from the cleartext data associated with a given + SoledadDocument using AES-256 cipher in CTR mode, together with a + HMAC-SHA512 Message Authentication Code. + The production happens using a Twisted's FileBodyProducer, which uses a + Cooperator to schedule calls and can be paused/resumed. Each call takes at + most 65536 bytes from the input. + Both the production input and output are file descriptors, so they can be + applied to a stream of data. """ - def __init__(self, doc_info, content_fd, result=None, secret=None, iv=None): if iv is None: @@ -162,11 +221,25 @@ class BlobEncryptor(object): self._crypter = VerifiedEncrypter(self._aes, self._hmac) def encrypt(self): + """ + Starts producing encrypted data from the cleartext data. + + :return: A deferred which will be fired when encryption ends and whose + callback will be invoked with the resulting ciphertext. + :rtype: twisted.internet.defer.Deferred + """ d = self._producer.startProducing(self._crypter) d.addCallback(self._end_crypto_stream) return d def encrypt_whole(self): + """ + Encrypts the input data at once and returns the resulting ciphertext + wrapped into a JSON string under the "raw" key. + + :return: The resulting ciphertext JSON string. + :rtype: str + """ self._crypter.write(self._content_fd.getvalue()) self._end_crypto_stream(None) return '{"raw":"' + self.result.getvalue() + '"}' @@ -281,7 +354,10 @@ class BlobDecryptor(object): class AESEncryptor(object): - + """ + A Twisted's Consumer implementation that takes an input file descriptor and + applies AES-256 cipher in CTR mode. + """ implements(interfaces.IConsumer) def __init__(self, key, iv, fd=None): @@ -311,7 +387,10 @@ class AESEncryptor(object): class HMACWriter(object): - + """ + A Twisted's Consumer implementation that takes an input file descriptor and + produces a HMAC-SHA512 Message Authentication Code. + """ implements(interfaces.IConsumer) hashtype = 'sha512' @@ -327,7 +406,10 @@ class HMACWriter(object): class VerifiedEncrypter(object): - + """ + A Twisted's Consumer implementation combining AESEncryptor and HMACWriter. + It directs the resulting ciphertext into HMAC-SHA512 processing. + """ implements(interfaces.IConsumer) def __init__(self, crypter, hmac): @@ -340,7 +422,10 @@ class VerifiedEncrypter(object): class AESDecryptor(object): - + """ + A Twisted's Consumer implementation that consumes data encrypted with + AES-256 in CTR mode from a file descriptor and generates decrypted data. + """ implements(interfaces.IConsumer) def __init__(self, key, iv, fd=None): @@ -373,6 +458,14 @@ class AESDecryptor(object): def is_symmetrically_encrypted(doc): + """ + Return True if the document was symmetrically encrypted. + + :param doc: The document to check. + :type doc: SoledadDocument + + :rtype: bool + """ payload = doc.content if not payload or 'raw' not in payload: return False |