NewGCM (Decrypt) in Go
NewGCM returns the given 128-bit, block cipher wrapped in Galois Counter Mode with the standard nonce length.
package main
import (
"crypto/aes"
"crypto/cipher"
"encoding/hex"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
// Load your secret key from a safe place and reuse it across multiple
// Seal/Open calls. (Obviously don't use this example key for anything
// real.) If you want to convert a passphrase to a key, use a suitable
// package like bcrypt or scrypt.
// When decoded the key should be 16 bytes (AES-128) or 32 (AES-256).
key, _ := hex.DecodeString("6368616e676520746869732070617373776f726420746f206120736563726574")
ciphertext, _ := hex.DecodeString("c3aaa29f002ca75870806e44086700f62ce4d43e902b3888e23ceff797a7a471")
nonce, _ := hex.DecodeString("64a9433eae7ccceee2fc0eda")
block, err := aes.NewCipher(key)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
aesgcm, err := cipher.NewGCM(block)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
plaintext, err := aesgcm.Open(nil, nonce, ciphertext, nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Printf("%s\n", plaintext)
}