# Tindercrypt
A library that supports data encryption with symmetric cryptographic keys or
passwords/passphrases. Uses [Protocol Buffers] for the serialization of the
encryption metadata (salts, nonces, etc.) and is based on the [ring] Rust crate
for the cryptographic primitives.
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## Overview
Tindercrypt's main goal is to provide a safe and easy API for data
encryption. The user of this library simply chooses an encryption algorithm
and provides a key/passphrase to encrypt their data. To decrypt their data,
they provide the same key/passphrase. Behind the scenes, Tindercrypt
generates the necessary encryption metadata (salts, nonces, etc.) and
bundles them with the encrypted data, so that it can retrieve them when
decrypting the data later on.
Features:
* Does not reinvent crypto. Uses the cryptographic primitives of the
well-tested [ring] crate; [PBKDF2] for key derivation,
[AES256-GCM]/[ChaCha20-Poly1305] for symmetric encryption.
* Sane defaults for all cryptographic operations; random nonces and
salts, high number of key derivation iterations.
* Extensibility and compatibility with older versions through [Protocol
buffers].
* No book-keeping necessary by the user; all required metadata for
the decryption are bundled with the ciphertext.
* Offers a simple CLI tool that encrypts files with a passphrase.
For a design overview, see the docs section on [Tindercrypt metadata].
## Examples
You can encrypt (seal) a data buffer with a passphrase as follows:
```rust
use tindercrypt::cryptors::RingCryptor;
let plaintext = "The cake is a lie".as_bytes();
let pass = "My secret passphrase".as_bytes();
let cryptor = RingCryptor::new();
let ciphertext = cryptor.seal_with_passphrase(pass, plaintext)?;
let plaintext2 = cryptor.open(pass, &ciphertext)?;
assert_eq!(plaintext2, plaintext);
```
You can find more examples in the docs section on [Tindercrypt's `RingCryptor`].
The equivalent operation in the CLI tool is the following:
```
$ echo The cake is a lie > plaintext
$ export TINDERCRYPT_PASSPHRASE="My secret passphrase" # Note the extra space.
$ tindercrypt encrypt -i plaintext -o ciphertext
$ tindercrypt decrypt -i ciphertext
The cake is a lie
```
## Documentation
You can read the latest docs in https://docs.rs/tindercrypt.
## Usage
### As a library
When adding this crate to your `Cargo.toml`, add it with `default-features =
false`, to ensure that CLI specific dependencies are not added to your
dependency tree:
```toml
tindercrypt = { version = "x.y.z", default-features = false }
```
### As a binary
You can run Tindercrypt using one of the binaries of the [stable releases], or
the [nightly builds]. Alternatively, you can install it with one of the
following methods:
* From cargo:
```
$ cargo install tindercrypt
```
* From source:
```
$ git clone https://github.com/apyrgio/tindercrypt
$ cd tindercrypt
$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/tindercrypt --help
Tindecrypt: File encryption tool ...
```
## Contributing
You can read the [`CONTRIBUTING.md`] guide for more info on how to contribute to
this project.
## Legal
Licensed under MPL-2.0. Please read the [`NOTICE.md`] and [`LICENSE`] files for
the full copyright and license information. If you feel like putting your
mental stability to a test, feel free to read the [`LEGAL.md`] file for a foray
into the waters of copyright law, and a glimpse of how they can be both boring
and dangerous at the same time.
[ring]: https://github.com/briansmith/ring
[Protocol Buffers]: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
[PBKDF2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2
[AES256-GCM]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode
[ChaCha20-Poly1305]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7539
[Tindercrypt metadata]: https://docs.rs/tindercrypt/latest/tindercrypt/metadata/index.html
[Tindercrypt's `RingCryptor`]: https://docs.rs/tindercrypt/latest/tindercrypt/cryptors/struct.RingCryptor.html
[stable releases]: https://github.com/apyrgio/tindercrypt/releases
[nightly builds]: https://github.com/apyrgio/tindercrypt/actions?query=event%3Aschedule+branch%3Amaster
[`CONTRIBUTING.md`]: CONTRIBUTING.md
[`NOTICE.md`]: NOTICE.md
[`LICENSE`]: LICENSE
[`LEGAL.md`]: LEGAL.md