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from Crypto.Cipher import AES, PKCS1_OAEP
from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
from Crypto.Random import get_random_bytes
from Crypto.Util.Padding import pad, unpad
def generate_rsa_key_pair():
key = RSA.generate(2048)
private_key = key.export_key()
public_key = key.publickey().export_key()
return private_key, public_key
def save_private_key_to_pem(private_key, filename):
with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
file.write(private_key)
def load_private_key_from_pem(filename):
with open(filename, 'rb') as file:
private_key = file.read()
return private_key
def save_public_key_to_pem(public_key, filename):
with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
file.write(public_key)
def load_public_key_from_pem(filename):
with open(filename, 'rb') as file:
public_key = file.read()
return public_key
def encrypt_symmetric_key(public_key, symmetric_key):
rsa_key = RSA.import_key(public_key)
cipher_rsa = PKCS1_OAEP.new(rsa_key)
encrypted_key = cipher_rsa.encrypt(symmetric_key)
return encrypted_key
def decrypt_symmetric_key(private_key, encrypted_key):
rsa_key = RSA.import_key(private_key)
cipher_rsa = PKCS1_OAEP.new(rsa_key)
decrypted_key = cipher_rsa.decrypt(encrypted_key)
return decrypted_key
def encrypt(plaintext, symmetric_key):
cipher = AES.new(symmetric_key, AES.MODE_CBC)
ciphertext = cipher.encrypt(pad(plaintext, AES.block_size))
iv = cipher.iv
return iv + ciphertext
def decrypt(ciphertext, symmetric_key):
iv = ciphertext[:AES.block_size]
ciphertext = ciphertext[AES.block_size:]
cipher = AES.new(symmetric_key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
plaintext = unpad(cipher.decrypt(ciphertext), AES.block_size)
return plaintext
# Generate RSA key pair
private_key, public_key = generate_rsa_key_pair()
# Save private key to PEM file
save_private_key_to_pem(private_key, 'private.pem')
# Load private key from PEM file
private_key = load_private_key_from_pem('private.pem')
# Save public key to PEM file
save_public_key_to_pem(public_key, 'public.pem')
# Load public key from PEM file
public_key = load_public_key_from_pem('public.pem')
# Generate random symmetric key
symmetric_key = get_random_bytes(32)
# Encrypt the symmetric key using the public key
encrypted_key = encrypt_symmetric_key(public_key, symmetric_key)
# Encrypt the plaintext using the symmetric key
plaintext = b"Hello, world!"
ciphertext = encrypt(plaintext, symmetric_key)
# Decrypt the symmetric key using the private key
decrypted_key = decrypt_symmetric_key(private_key, encrypted_key)
# Decrypt the ciphertext using the symmetric key
decrypted_plaintext = decrypt(ciphertext, decrypted_key)
print("Encrypted text:", ciphertext)
print("Decrypted plaintext:", decrypted_plaintext.decode())
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