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.Dd February 29, 2020
.Dt CRYPTO_LOCK 3MONOCYPHER
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm crypto_lock_aead ,
.Nm crypto_unlock_aead ,
.Nm crypto_lock ,
.Nm crypto_unlock
.Nd authenticated encryption with additional data
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In monocypher.h
.Ft void
.Fo crypto_lock
.Fa "uint8_t mac[16]"
.Fa "uint8_t *cipher_text"
.Fa "const uint8_t key[32]"
.Fa "const uint8_t nonce[24]"
.Fa "const uint8_t *plain_text"
.Fa "size_t text_size"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo crypto_unlock
.Fa "uint8_t *plain_text"
.Fa "const uint8_t key[32]"
.Fa "const uint8_t nonce[24]"
.Fa "const uint8_t mac[16]"
.Fa "const uint8_t *cipher_text"
.Fa "size_t text_size"
.Fc
.Ft void
.Fo crypto_lock_aead
.Fa "uint8_t mac[16]"
.Fa "uint8_t *cipher_text"
.Fa "const uint8_t key[32]"
.Fa "const uint8_t nonce[24]"
.Fa "const uint8_t *ad"
.Fa "size_t ad_size"
.Fa "const uint8_t *plain_text"
.Fa "size_t text_size"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo crypto_unlock_aead
.Fa "uint8_t *plain_text"
.Fa "const uint8_t key[32]"
.Fa "const uint8_t nonce[24]"
.Fa "const uint8_t mac[16]"
.Fa "const uint8_t *ad"
.Fa "size_t ad_size"
.Fa "const uint8_t *cipher_text"
.Fa "size_t text_size"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn crypto_lock
encrypts and authenticates a plaintext.
It can be decrypted by
.Fn crypto_unlock .
The arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa key
A 32-byte session key, shared between the sender and the recipient.
It must be secret and random.
Different methods can be used to produce and exchange this key, such
as Diffie-Hellman key exchange, password key derivation (the password
must be communicated on a secure channel), or even meeting physically.
See
.Xr crypto_key_exchange 3monocypher
for key exchange, and
.Xr crypto_argon2i 3monocypher
for password key derivation.
.It Fa nonce
A 24-byte number, used only once with any given session key.
It does not need to be secret or random, but it does have to be
unique.
.Em Never
use the same nonce twice with the same key.
This would reveal the XOR of 2 different messages, which allows
decryption and forgeries.
The easiest (and recommended) way to generate this nonce is to
select it at random.
See
.Xr intro 3monocypher
about random number generation (use your operating system's random
number generator).
.It Fa mac
A 16-byte
.Em message authentication code
(MAC), that can only be produced by someone who knows the session key.
This guarantee cannot be upheld if a nonce has been reused with the
session key, because doing so allows the attacker to learn the
authentication key associated with that nonce.
The MAC is intended to be sent along with the ciphertext.
.It Fa plain_text
The secret message.
Its contents will be kept hidden from attackers.
Its length however, will
.Em not .
Be careful when combining encryption with compression.
See
.Xr intro 3monocypher
for details.
.It Fa cipher_text
The encrypted message.
.It Fa text_size
Length of both
.Fa plain_text and
.Fa cipher_text ,
in bytes.
.El
.Pp
The
.Fa cipher_text
and
.Fa plain_text
arguments may point to the same buffer for in-place encryption.
Otherwise, the buffers they point to must not overlap.
.Pp
.Fn crypto_unlock
first checks the integrity of an encrypted message.
If it has been corrupted,
.Fn crypto_unlock
returns -1 immediately.
Otherwise, it decrypts the message, then returns zero.
.Em Always check the return value .
.Pp
.Fn crypto_lock_aead
and
.Fn crypto_unlock_aead
are variants of
.Fn crypto_lock
and
.Fn crypto_unlock ,
permitting additional data.
Additional data is authenticated, but
.Em not
encrypted.
This is used to authenticate relevant data that cannot be encrypted.
The arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa ad
Additional data to authenticate.
It will not be encrypted.
May be
.Dv NULL
if
.Fa ad_size
is zero.
Setting
.Fa ad_size
to zero yields the same results as
.Fn crypto_lock
and
.Fn crypto_unlock .
.It Fa ad_size
Length of the additional data, in bytes.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn crypto_lock
and
.Fn crypto_lock_aead
return nothing.
.Fn crypto_unlock
and
.Fn crypto_unlock_aead
return 0 on success or -1 if the message was corrupted (i.e.
.Fa mac
mismatched the combination of
.Fa key ,
.Fa nonce ,
.Fa ad
and
.Fa cipher_text ) .
Corruption can be caused by transmission errors, programmer error, or an
attacker's interference.
.Fa plain_text
does not need to be wiped if the decryption fails.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following examples assume the existence of
.Fn arc4random_buf ,
which fills the given buffer with cryptographically secure random bytes.
If
.Fn arc4random_buf
does not exist on your system, see
.Xr intro 3monocypher
for advice about how to generate cryptographically secure random bytes.
.Pp
Encryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
uint8_t key [32]; /* Random, secret session key */
uint8_t nonce [24]; /* Use only once per key */
uint8_t plain_text [12] = "Lorem ipsum"; /* Secret message */
uint8_t mac [16]; /* Message authentication code */
uint8_t cipher_text[12]; /* Encrypted message */
arc4random_buf(key, 32);
arc4random_buf(nonce, 24);
crypto_lock(mac, cipher_text, key, nonce, plain_text,
sizeof(plain_text));
/* Wipe secrets if they are no longer needed */
crypto_wipe(plain_text, 12);
crypto_wipe(key, 32);
/* Transmit cipher_text, nonce, and mac over the network,
* store them in a file, etc.
*/
.Ed
.Pp
To decrypt the above:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
uint8_t key [32]; /* Same as the above */
uint8_t nonce [24]; /* Same as the above */
const uint8_t cipher_text[12]; /* Encrypted message */
const uint8_t mac [16]; /* Received along with text */
uint8_t plain_text [12]; /* Secret message */
if (crypto_unlock(plain_text, key, nonce, mac, cipher_text, 12)) {
/* The message is corrupted.
* Wipe key if it is no longer needed,
* and abort the decryption.
*/
crypto_wipe(key, 32);
} else {
/* ...do something with the decrypted text here... */
/* Finally, wipe secrets if they are no longer needed */
crypto_wipe(plain_text, 12);
crypto_wipe(key, 32);
}
.Ed
.Pp
In-place encryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
uint8_t key [32]; /* Random, secret session key */
uint8_t nonce[24]; /* Use only once per key */
uint8_t text [12] = "Lorem ipsum"; /* Secret message */
uint8_t mac [16]; /* Message authentication code */
arc4random_buf(key, 32);
arc4random_buf(nonce, 24);
crypto_lock(mac, text, key, nonce, text, 12);
/* Wipe secrets if they are no longer needed */
crypto_wipe(key, 32);
/* Transmit cipher_text, nonce, and mac over the network,
* store them in a file, etc.
*/
.Ed
.Pp
In-place decryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
uint8_t key [32]; /* Same as the above */
const uint8_t nonce[24]; /* Same as the above */
const uint8_t mac [16]; /* Received from along with text */
uint8_t text [12]; /* Message to decrypt */
if (crypto_unlock(text, key, nonce, mac, text, 12)) {
/* The message is corrupted.
* Wipe key if it is no longer needed,
* and abort the decryption.
*/
crypto_wipe(key, 32);
} else {
/* ...do something with the decrypted text here... */
/* Finally, wipe secrets if they are no longer needed */
crypto_wipe(text, 12);
crypto_wipe(key, 32);
}
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr crypto_key_exchange 3monocypher ,
.Xr crypto_wipe 3monocypher ,
.Xr intro 3monocypher
.Sh STANDARDS
These functions implement RFC 8439, with XChacha20 instead of Chacha20.
XChacha20 derives from Chacha20 the same way XSalsa20 derives from
Salsa20, and benefits from the same security reduction (proven secure
as long as Chacha20 itself is secure).
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn crypto_lock
and
.Fn crypto_unlock
functions first appeared in Monocypher 0.1.
.Fn crypto_lock_aead
and
.Fn crypto_unlock_aead
were introduced in Monocypher 1.1.0.
In Monocypher 2.0.0, the underlying algorithms for these functions were
changed from a custom XChacha20/Poly1305 construction to an
implementation of RFC 7539 (now RFC 8439) with XChacha20 instead of
Chacha20.
The
.Fn crypto_lock_encrypt
and
.Fn crypto_lock_auth
functions were removed in Monocypher 2.0.0.