Initial encryption/decryption via ChaCha20-Poly1305

example.go

@@ -4,12 +4,34 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"rcw/daemon"
+	"rcw/wrappers"
 )
 
+// This sample program serves purley as a way to interactively test the features
+// of RCW before building it into your own application.
+//
+// Usage:
+// rcw <text> : Runs the rcw daemon to serve the provided text for three minutes
+// rcw : Requests the data served by the RCW daemon and outputs it to stdout
+// rcw enc <text> <passwd> : Encrypts the provided text and outputs the ciphertext to encrypted-example.txt
+// rcw dec <passwd> : Decrypts the provided file and outputs the plaintext to stdout
+
 func main() {
-	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+	switch len(os.Args) {
+	case 2:
+		// serve data
 		daemon.Start(os.Args[1])
-	} else {
+	case 3:
+		// decrypt file
+		encBytes, _ := os.ReadFile("encrypted-example.txt")
+		decBytes := wrappers.DecryptCha(encBytes, []byte(os.Args[2]))
+		fmt.Println(string(decBytes))
+	case 4:
+		// encrypt data (from cli args)
+		encBytes := wrappers.EncryptCha([]byte(os.Args[2]), []byte(os.Args[3]))
+		os.WriteFile("encrypted-example.txt", encBytes, 0644)
+	default:
+		// request served data
 		fmt.Println(daemon.Call())
 	}
 }

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require github.com/rwinkhart/peercred-mini v0.0.0-20250407033241-c09add2eceea
 
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0
 )
 

go.sum

@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ github.com/rwinkhart/peercred-mini v0.0.0-20250407033241-c09add2eceea h1:VE2ti/A
 github.com/rwinkhart/peercred-mini v0.0.0-20250407033241-c09add2eceea/go.mod h1:t+YkvAdnTKTrg4d469tw3K+GCUzX/Bja4h8yKjSIsGs=
 github.com/rwinkhart/sys-freebsd-13-xucred v0.32.0 h1:KRbqimv9Eexf3VB2FrRAQ4v2fGGu7gt3ayMgdT0FNao=
 github.com/rwinkhart/sys-freebsd-13-xucred v0.32.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0 h1:kJNSjF/Xp7kU0iB2Z+9viTPMW4EqqsrywMXLJOOsXSE=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0/go.mod h1:vg+k43peMZ0pUMhYmVAWysMK35e6ioLh3wB8ZCAfbVc=

wrappers/chacha.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package wrappers
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/chacha20poly1305"
+)
+
+const (
+	nonceSizeCha = chacha20poly1305.NonceSizeX
+	saltSizeCha  = 16
+)
+
+// EncryptCha encrypts data using ChaCha20-Poly1305
+func EncryptCha(data []byte, passphrase []byte) []byte {
+	// generate a random salt
+	salt := make([]byte, saltSizeCha)
+	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, salt)
+
+	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
+	// TODO ensure the passphrase is consistent (store a hashed version to compare against)
+	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
+
+	// create ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher
+	aead, _ := chacha20poly1305.NewX(key)
+
+	// generate a random nonce
+	nonce := make([]byte, nonceSizeCha)
+	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, nonce)
+
+	// encrypt the data
+	ciphertext := aead.Seal(nil, nonce, data, nil)
+
+	// format: salt + nonce + ciphertext
+	result := make([]byte, 0, saltSizeCha+nonceSizeCha+len(ciphertext))
+	result = append(result, salt...)
+	result = append(result, nonce...)
+	result = append(result, ciphertext...)
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// DecryptCha decrypts data using ChaCha20-Poly1305
+func DecryptCha(encryptedData []byte, passphrase []byte) []byte {
+	if len(encryptedData) < saltSizeCha+nonceSizeCha {
+		log.Fatalf("encrypted data is too short")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// extract salt, nonce, and ciphertext
+	salt := encryptedData[:saltSizeCha]
+	nonce := encryptedData[saltSizeCha : saltSizeCha+nonceSizeCha]
+	ciphertext := encryptedData[saltSizeCha+nonceSizeCha:]
+
+	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
+	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
+
+	// create ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher
+	aead, _ := chacha20poly1305.NewX(key)
+
+	// decrypt the data
+	plaintext, err := aead.Open(nil, nonce, ciphertext, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("decryption failed (possibly wrong passphrase): %w", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return plaintext
+}

wrappers/keyDeriv.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package wrappers
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/argon2"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/chacha20poly1305"
+)
+
+// parameters for Argon2
+const (
+	argonTime    = 1
+	argonMemory  = 64 * 1024
+	argonThreads = 4
+	argonKeyLen  = chacha20poly1305.KeySize
+)
+
+// DeriveKey derives an encryption key from a passphrase using Argon2.
+func deriveKey(passphrase []byte, salt []byte) []byte {
+	return argon2.IDKey(passphrase, salt, argonTime, argonMemory, argonThreads, argonKeyLen)
+}