# -*- coding: ascii -*- # # Util/Counter.py : Fast counter for use with CTR-mode ciphers # # Written in 2008 by Dwayne C. Litzenberger # # =================================================================== # The contents of this file are dedicated to the public domain. To # the extent that dedication to the public domain is not available, # everyone is granted a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, # non-exclusive license to exercise all rights associated with the # contents of this file for any purpose whatsoever. # No rights are reserved. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN # ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # =================================================================== """Fast counter functions for CTR cipher modes. CTR is a chaining mode for symmetric block encryption or decryption. Messages are divideded into blocks, and the cipher operation takes place on each block using the secret key and a unique *counter block*. The most straightforward way to fulfil the uniqueness property is to start with an initial, random *counter block* value, and increment it as the next block is processed. The block ciphers from `Crypto.Cipher` (when configured in *MODE_CTR* mode) invoke a callable object (the *counter* parameter) to get the next *counter block*. Unfortunately, the Python calling protocol leads to major performance degradations. The counter functions instantiated by this module will be invoked directly by the ciphers in `Crypto.Cipher`. The fact that the Python layer is bypassed lead to more efficient (and faster) execution of CTR cipher modes. An example of usage is the following: >>> from Crypto.Cipher import AES >>> from Crypto.Util import Counter >>> >>> pt = b'\x00'*1000000 >>> ctr = Counter.new(128) >>> cipher = AES.new(b'\x00'*16, AES.MODE_CTR, counter=ctr) >>> ct = cipher.encrypt(pt) :undocumented: __package__ """ import sys if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] == 1: from Crypto.Util.py21compat import * from Crypto.Util.py3compat import * from Crypto.Util import _counter import struct # Factory function def new(nbits, prefix=b(""), suffix=b(""), initial_value=1, overflow=0, little_endian=False, allow_wraparound=False, disable_shortcut=False): """Create a stateful counter block function suitable for CTR encryption modes. Each call to the function returns the next counter block. Each counter block is made up by three parts:: prefix || counter value || postfix The counter value is incremented by one at each call. :Parameters: nbits : integer Length of the desired counter, in bits. It must be a multiple of 8. prefix : byte string The constant prefix of the counter block. By default, no prefix is used. suffix : byte string The constant postfix of the counter block. By default, no suffix is used. initial_value : integer The initial value of the counter. Default value is 1. little_endian : boolean If True, the counter number will be encoded in little endian format. If False (default), in big endian format. allow_wraparound : boolean If True, the function will raise an *OverflowError* exception as soon as the counter wraps around. If False (default), the counter will simply restart from zero. disable_shortcut : boolean If True, do not make ciphers from `Crypto.Cipher` bypass the Python layer when invoking the counter block function. If False (default), bypass the Python layer. :Returns: The counter block function. """ # Sanity-check the message size (nbytes, remainder) = divmod(nbits, 8) if remainder != 0: # In the future, we might support arbitrary bit lengths, but for now we don't. raise ValueError("nbits must be a multiple of 8; got %d" % (nbits,)) if nbytes < 1: raise ValueError("nbits too small") elif nbytes > 0xffff: raise ValueError("nbits too large") initval = _encode(initial_value, nbytes, little_endian) if little_endian: return _counter._newLE(bstr(prefix), bstr(suffix), initval, allow_wraparound=allow_wraparound, disable_shortcut=disable_shortcut) else: return _counter._newBE(bstr(prefix), bstr(suffix), initval, allow_wraparound=allow_wraparound, disable_shortcut=disable_shortcut) def _encode(n, nbytes, little_endian=False): retval = [] n = long(n) for i in range(nbytes): if little_endian: retval.append(bchr(n & 0xff)) else: retval.insert(0, bchr(n & 0xff)) n >>= 8 return b("").join(retval) # vim:set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 expandtab: