/* An implementation of the highly secure (not) XOR cipher. AKA, how to write and use your own cipher object. DO NOT make up your own ciphers. Please. Written by Jack Lloyd (lloyd@randombit.net) on Feb 17, 2004 Update November 21 2008 for new algorithm factory in 1.8 This file is in the public domain */ #include #include using namespace Botan; class XOR_Cipher : public StreamCipher { public: void clear() throw() { mask.destroy(); mask_pos = 0; } // what we want to call this cipher std::string name() const { return "XOR"; } // return a new object of this type StreamCipher* clone() const { return new XOR_Cipher; } XOR_Cipher() : StreamCipher(1, 32) { mask_pos = 0; } private: void cipher(const byte[], byte[], u32bit); void key_schedule(const byte[], u32bit); SecureVector mask; u32bit mask_pos; }; void XOR_Cipher::cipher(const byte in[], byte out[], u32bit length) { for(u32bit j = 0; j != length; j++) { out[j] = in[j] ^ mask[mask_pos]; mask_pos = (mask_pos + 1) % mask.size(); } } void XOR_Cipher::key_schedule(const byte key[], u32bit length) { mask.set(key, length); } #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include int main() { Botan::LibraryInitializer init; global_state().algorithm_factory().add_stream_cipher(new XOR_Cipher, "app"); // a hex key value SymmetricKey key("010203040506070809101112AAFF"); /* Since stream ciphers are typically additive, the encryption and decryption ops are the same, so this isn't terribly interesting. If this where a block cipher you would have to add a cipher mode and padding method, such as "/CBC/PKCS7". */ Pipe enc(get_cipher("XOR", key, ENCRYPTION), new Hex_Encoder); Pipe dec(new Hex_Decoder, get_cipher("XOR", key, DECRYPTION)); // I think the pigeons are actually asleep at midnight... std::string secret = "The pigeon flys at midnight."; std::cout << "The secret message is '" << secret << "'" << std::endl; enc.process_msg(secret); std::string cipher = enc.read_all_as_string(); std::cout << "The encrypted secret message is " << cipher << std::endl; dec.process_msg(cipher); secret = dec.read_all_as_string(); std::cout << "The decrypted secret message is '" << secret << "'" << std::endl; return 0; }