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aes-256-gcm

Implementation of AES-GCM (Aes 256 Gcm) with some enhancement

3 stable releases

1.1.2 Mar 29, 2024
1.1.1 Mar 28, 2024
1.0.0 Mar 27, 2024

#316 in Cryptography

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AES 256 GCM with Enhancement

Inspired by simplicity of (let's say JWT) this crate provide high-level abstraction for AES-GCM Crate with some enhancement such as expiration check

notes : if you want to use os environment for "SINGLE" key management, you can use AES_GCM_SECRET env key

WARNING : IN PRODUCTION DO NOT LEAVE SECRET EMPTY, AVOID AT ANY COSTS

WARNING : THIS CRATE DOES NOT IMPLEMENT "SIV"

Content:

  • Allowed Encrypted Data
  • Returned Data
  • Initialization
  • Options
  • Decrypting
  • Error Coverage
  • Usage Recommendation

Allowed data consumption

any data that can implement serde::Serialize

Returned data

any data that can implement serde::Deserialize


Initialization :: Using OS ENV

use aes_256_gcm::Client;

fn main(){
    // this will consume AES_GCM_SECRET
    // if no env found it would set to default empty
    let aes_client = Client::new(None);
}

Initialization :: Using Custom Secret

use aes_256_gcm::Client;

fn main(){
    let my_secret:&str = "some of my secret";
    let aes_client = Client::new(my_secret);
}

Options :: Normal without expiration

let result: Result<String, AesError> = client.encrypt(
    "something or struct", None
);

Options :: With Expiration "Second"

let result: Result<String, AesError> = client.encrypt(
    "something or struct",
    AesOptions::with_expire_second(3)
        .build()
);

Options :: With Expiration "chrono Date"

// let's just pretend this few days ahead
let date_expired = chrono::Utc::now();
// use it with 'with_expire_date'
let result: Result<String, AesError> = client.encrypt(
    "something or struct",
    AesOptions::with_expire_date(date_expired)
        .build()
);

Decrypting

YourDataType can be String or struct or anything,
make sure it is the same data type with encryption,
otherwise it wont decrypting.

side notes : don't forget to check their expiration :D


let result: Result<YourDataType, AesError> = client.decrypt::<YourDataType>(&token);

Usage Recommendation

for usage it's better to know well about Arc or around Mutex, and how data being shared across thread. If your application shared with multiple thread or async it's better to do best-practice of data sharing.

if you're integrating to some kind of framework, try to understand how their data sharing works.

for other example please visit example
i'm opening to anyone want to contribute either example or crate improvement.

Dependencies

~2.4–3.5MB
~67K SLoC