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Compute key+IV from passphrase (createCipher to createCipheriv migration script)
// Copyright (c) 2017, Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
//
// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
// copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
// WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
// MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
// ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
// WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
// ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
// OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
// Compute the key and IV that crypto.createCipher() derives from the
// passphrase. Use this when migrating to crypto.createCipheriv().
'use strict';
const { createCipheriv, createHash } = require('crypto');
function sizes(cipher) {
for (let nkey = 1, niv = 0;;) {
try {
createCipheriv(cipher, '.'.repeat(nkey), '.'.repeat(niv));
return [nkey, niv];
} catch (e) {
if (/invalid iv length/i.test(e.message)) niv += 1;
else if (/invalid key length/i.test(e.message)) nkey += 1;
else throw e;
}
}
}
function compute(cipher, passphrase) {
let [nkey, niv] = sizes(cipher);
for (let key = '', iv = '', p = '';;) {
const h = createHash('md5');
h.update(p, 'hex');
h.update(passphrase);
p = h.digest('hex');
let n, i = 0;
n = Math.min(p.length-i, 2*nkey);
nkey -= n/2, key += p.slice(i, i+n), i += n;
n = Math.min(p.length-i, 2*niv);
niv -= n/2, iv += p.slice(i, i+n), i += n;
if (nkey+niv === 0) return [key, iv];
}
}
const [arg0, arg1, cipher, passphrase] = process.argv;
if (cipher && passphrase !== undefined) {
const [key, iv] = compute(cipher, passphrase);
console.log('key:', key);
console.log('iv: ', iv);
if (/ccm|ctr|gcm/i.test(cipher)) {
console.log(`WARNING: Data encrypted with crypto.createCipher('${cipher}')`);
console.log(`WARNING: is fundamentally compromised. You should fix this ASAP!`);
}
} else {
const [cipher, passphrase] = ['aes-128-cbc', 'secret'];
const [key, iv] = compute(cipher, passphrase);
console.log('Usage:');
console.log(` ${arg0} ${arg1} CIPHER PASSPHRASE`);
console.log();
console.log('Example:');
console.log(` ${arg0} ${arg1} ${cipher} ${passphrase}`);
console.log();
console.log('Prints:');
console.log(` key: ${key}`);
console.log(` iv: ${iv}`);
console.log();
console.log('Now update your code and replace this:');
console.log();
console.log(` const cipher = crypto.createCipher('${cipher}', '${passphrase}');`);
console.log();
console.log('With this:');
console.log();
console.log(` const key = Buffer.from('${key}', 'hex');`);
console.log(` const iv = Buffer.from('${iv}', 'hex');`);
console.log(` const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv('${cipher}', key, iv);`);
}
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