StreamWriter in Go

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StreamWriter wraps a Stream into an io.Writer. It calls XORKeyStream to process each slice of data which passes through. If any Write call returns short then the StreamWriter is out of sync and must be discarded. A StreamWriter has no internal buffering; Close does not need to be called to flush write data.

Language Go

Dependencies

import "bytes"

import "crypto/aes"

import "crypto/cipher"

import "encoding/hex"

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main.go

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"crypto/aes"
	"crypto/cipher"
	"encoding/hex"
	"fmt"
	"io"
)

func main() {
	// Load your secret key from a safe place and reuse it across multiple
	// NewCipher 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.
	key, _ := hex.DecodeString("6368616e676520746869732070617373")

	bReader := bytes.NewReader([]byte("some secret text"))

	block, err := aes.NewCipher(key)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// If the key is unique for each ciphertext, then it's ok to use a zero
	// IV.
	var iv [aes.BlockSize]byte
	stream := cipher.NewOFB(block, iv[:])

	var out bytes.Buffer

	writer := &cipher.StreamWriter{S: stream, W: &out}
	// Copy the input to the output buffer, encrypting as we go.
	if _, err := io.Copy(writer, bReader); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Note that this example is simplistic in that it omits any
	// authentication of the encrypted data. If you were actually to use
	// StreamReader in this manner, an attacker could flip arbitrary bits in
	// the decrypted result.

	fmt.Printf("%x\n", out.Bytes())
}

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