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") != Fields.AES.encrypt("tea") true iex> ciphertext = Fields.AES.encrypt(123) 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 *specific* key (by id) from list of keys. key_id = get_key_id() key = get_key(key_id) {ciphertext, tag} = :crypto.crypto_one_time_aead(:aes_256_gcm, key, iv, to_string(plaintext), @aad, true) # 1 >> "0001" key_id_str = String.pad_leading(to_string(key_id), 4, "0") # "return" key_id_str with the iv, cipher tag & ciphertext # "concat" key_id iv cipher tag & ciphertext key_id_str <> 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() "test" """ # as above but *asumes* `default` (latest) encryption key is used. @spec decrypt(any) :: String.t() def decrypt(ciphertext) do <> = ciphertext key_id = String.to_integer(key_id_str) key = get_key(key_id) :crypto.crypto_one_time_aead(:aes_256_gcm, key, iv, ciphertext, @aad, tag, false) end # @doc """ # Get the current key index. # The key used for the encryption is always the latest key in the list (ie most recent created key) # """ defp get_key_id() do Enum.count(fetch_keys()) - 1 end # @doc """ # get_key - Get encryption key from list of keys. # ## 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(number) :: String defp get_key(key_id) do Enum.at(fetch_keys(), key_id) end # Dependency injection of encryption keys to allow flexibility in tests and consumers. # I don't think fetching the keys from the env is going to be too slow, but # consider optimizing if benchmarking shows it is. defp fetch_keys() do Application.fetch_env!(:fields, :encryption_keys) # remove single-quotes around key list in .env |> String.replace("'", "") #  split the CSV list of keys |> String.split(",") # decode the keys |> Enum.map(fn key -> :base64.decode(key) end) end end