py-seccure

Simple Elliptic Curve Cryptography for Python compatible with the excellent SECCURE_ command line utility (version 0.5). It's licensed under LGPLv3. See LICENSE.

Do not use py-seccure when its operation can be timed by an attacker. See timing attack_.

Usage

Public key from private

To get the public key from the private, you can use the original
commandline utility:

::

    $ seccure-key
    Assuming curve p160.
    Enter private key: my private key
    The public key is: 8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn

In Python:

.. code:: python

    >>> import seccure
    >>> str(seccure.passphrase_to_pubkey(b'my private key'))
    '8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn'

Encrypting a string
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To encrypt for a public key, one would use the original commandline
utility as follows.

::

    $ seccure-encrypt -o private.msg '8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn'  
    Assuming MAC length of 80 bits.
    Go ahead and type your message ...
    This is a very very secret message!
    ^D

In Python:

.. code:: python

    >>> ciphertext = seccure.encrypt(b'This is a very secret message\n', b'8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn')
    >>> ciphertext
    '\x00\x146\x17\xe9\xc1\x1a\x7fkX\xec\xa0n,h\xb4\xd0\x98\xeaO[\xf8\xfa\x85\xaa\xb37!\xf0j\x0e\xd4\xd0\x8b\xfe}\x8a\xd2+\xf2\xceu\x07\x90K2E\x12\x1d\xf1\xd8\x8f\xc6\x91\t<w\x99\x1b9\x98'

There is a shorthand to encrypt a file:

.. code:: python

    >>> seccure.encrypt_file('/path/to/file',  '/path/to/file.enc', '8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn')

Decrypting
~~~~~~~~~~

To decrypt the message with the original utility:

::

    $ seccure-decrypt -i private.msg
    Assuming MAC length of 80 bits.
    Assuming curve p160.
    Enter private key: my private key
    This is a very very secret message!
    Integrity check successful, message unforged!

In Python:

.. code:: python

    >>> seccure.decrypt(ciphertext, b'my private key')
    'This is a very secret message\n'

And to decrypt a file:

.. code:: python

    >>> seccure.decrypt_file('/path/to/file.enc',  '/path/to/file', b'my private key')

Creating a signature
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To create a signature:

::

    $ seccure-sign
    Assuming curve p160.
    Enter private key: my private key
    Go ahead and type your message ...
    This message will be signed
    ^D
    Signature: $HPI?t(I*1vAYsl$|%21WXND=6Br*[>k(OR9B!GOwHqL0s+3Uq

In Python:

.. code:: python

    >>> seccure.sign(b'This message will be signed\n', b'my private key')
    '$HPI?t(I*1vAYsl$|%21WXND=6Br*[>k(OR9B!GOwHqL0s+3Uq'

Verifying a signature
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To verify a signature:

::

    $ seccure-verify '8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn' '$HPI?t(I*1vAYsl$|%21WXND=6Br*[>k(OR9B!GOwHqL0s+3Uq'  
    Go ahead and type your message ...
    This message will be signed
    ^D
    Signature successfully verified!

In Python:

.. code:: python

    >>> seccure.verify(b'This message will be signed\n', b'$HPI?t(I*1vAYsl$|%21WXND=6Br*[>k(OR9B!GOwHqL0s+3Uq', b'8W;>i^H0qi|J&$coR5MFpR*Vn')
    True

Installation
------------

On Debian Wheezy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    $ apt-get install libgmp3-dev build-essential python-dev python-pip libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev
    $ pip install seccure

On Ubuntu
~~~~~~~~~

::

    $ apt-get install libgmp-dev build-essential python-dev python-pip libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev
    $ pip install seccure

On Mac with MacPorts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    $ port install py27-gmpy2
    $ pip install seccure

Please contribute!
------------------

To help out, you could:

1. Test and report any bugs or other difficulties.
2. Implement missing features, such as ``seccure-dh``,
   ``seccure-veridec`` and ``seccure-signcrypt``.
3. Package py-seccure (or the original SECCURE itself) for your
   platform.
4. Write more unit tests.

.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/bwesterb/py-seccure.png
   :target: https://travis-ci.org/py-seccure/py-seccure

.. _SECCURE: http://point-at-infinity.org/seccure/
.. _timing attack: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack