Use multiple KDFs (add Scrypt for AES256)

example.go

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import (
 
 // TODO Enhancements:
 // Security:
-// 	   Play with nonce sizes and Argon2 parameters to find the best speed-security balance
+// 	   Handle decryption in the daemon and return decrypted data, rather than returning the passphrase
+// 	   Play with nonce sizes and KDF parameters to find the best speed-security balance
 // Standalone cmd:
 //     Usable as symmetric-only GPG replacement
 

wrappers/aes.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func encryptAES(decBytes []byte, passphrase []byte) []byte {
 	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, salt)
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKeyScrypt(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create AES-256 cipher
 	block, _ := aes.NewCipher(key)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func decryptAES(encBytes []byte, passphrase []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	ciphertext := encBytes[saltSize+nonceSizeAES:]
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKeyScrypt(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create AES-256 cipher
 	block, _ := aes.NewCipher(key)

wrappers/chacha.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func encryptCha(data []byte, passphrase []byte) []byte {
 	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, salt)
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKeyArgon2(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher
 	stream, _ := chacha20poly1305.NewX(key)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func decryptCha(encryptedData []byte, passphrase []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	ciphertext := encryptedData[saltSize+nonceSizeCha:]
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKeyArgon2(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher
 	stream, _ := chacha20poly1305.NewX(key)

wrappers/keyDeriv.go

@@ -4,21 +4,33 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/argon2"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt"
 )
 
 const (
 	// parameters for Argon2
 	argonTime   = 8          // set to pass 1-second test in dev environment
 	argonMemory = 384 * 1024 // 384 MB
-	argonKeyLen = 32         // 256 bits, key length for both ChaCha20 and AES256
+
+	// parameters for Scrypt
+	scryptN = 262144
+	scryptR = 8 // block size, recommended to be 8
+	scryptP = 1 // parallelization factor, recommended to be 1
 
 	// general constants
-	saltSize = 16
+	keyLen   = 32 // 256 bits, key length for both algorithms
+	saltSize = 16 // 128 bits, recommended salt size for both algorithms
 )
 
-var argonThreads = uint8(runtime.NumCPU())
+var threads = uint8(runtime.NumCPU())
 
-// 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)
+// DeriveKeyArgon2 derives an encryption key from a passphrase using Argon2.
+func deriveKeyArgon2(passphrase []byte, salt []byte) []byte {
+	return argon2.IDKey(passphrase, salt, argonTime, argonMemory, threads, keyLen)
+}
+
+// DeriveKeyScrypt derives an encryption key from a passphrase using Scrypt.
+func deriveKeyScrypt(passphrase []byte, salt []byte) []byte {
+	key, _ := scrypt.Key(passphrase, salt, scryptN, scryptR, scryptP, keyLen)
+	return key
 }