Alternative public key encryption
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Alternative public key encryption
Salty is a nodejs-powered CLI-based alternative to PGP/GPG using NaCl) instead of RSA/DSA.
Commits and tags in this repo are signed with GPG key 5FBB 2F98 3862 1AFF.
A GUI is being developed as a node HTTP server you can host locally or remotely to access your wallet. Follow its development here.
- NO 3rd parties, NO p2p network), NO browser js, NO exotic/compiled deps, no Comodo SSL, and NO shady corporations. PERIOD.
- general purpose CLI, lightweight library attached
- audited, bundled dependencies - no install scripts or backdoors
- supports anonymous-sender or signed/verified messaging
- sharable pubkey string that can fit in a single tweet
- does NOT use your ssh keys, pgp keys, or anything RSA
- encrypt public key is always ephemeral - does NOT leak metadata
- sender identity is deniable, unless they explicitly commit to sign the message
- file length hidden with padding
- public signing/verifying with detached signatures
- binary or "ascii armor" PEM output
- import/export your wallet folder - PEM encoded and secretboxed with Scrypt KDF
- (new in 3.1) can use anonymous private Github gists to remotely store salty messages
- (new in 3.1) full tar/gz support for encrypting/decrypting directories (supports symmetric or asymmetric cipher)
- MIT-licensed
``
$ brew tap carlos8f/tap
$ brew install salty
Install first: nodejs
`
$ wget https://github.com/carlos8f/salty/archive/v4.1.0.tar.gz
$ shasum -a 256 v4.1.0.tar.gz
3eb6e0bcb1461af2aa88d81c9be5c69b1b0069e40a30abb90c11420c88504126 v4.1.0.tar.gz
$ tar -xf v4.1.0.tar.gz
$ sudo ln -sf /salty-4.1.0/bin/salty /usr/local/bin/salty`
- S8F Console: How to use Salty - Basic demonstration of the Salty CLI
- Salty: PGP Evolved - How Salty improves on the PGP model
Byte counts are in () parenthesis.
Designed to allow both decryption and signing.
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decryption signing
-------------- + -----------
decryptSk (32) signSk (64)
Example (wallets are stored as encrypted PEM on disk)
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-----BEGIN SALTY WALLET-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: NACL-SCRYPT,IP3NRMw15AGYyU56xwYPVJFa4Xx0aock
OjCNhUvjNml3bebBVsIBpTBdvWSRkUG6vVZkdpzFZf9Ak/Bh0ghaXsEhuAiElEMy
2ghCEF5oQVO3dAWdflcvuVH3CSXlPlBfXWr6Y0EEOST3jYwaRS8Qfa2786YNBYCm
NBm4au6wbuVp8dL41jhLeQ==
-----END SALTY WALLET-----
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Designed to be sharable, human-readable, and unique.
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public keys optional meta
----------------------------------------- [space] -------- --------
base58(encryptPk (32) + verifyPk (32)) "{name}" <{email}>
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Example:
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2ZuU37oJ1erD85AzVohXq6Y74GHv2hjNYB9fu3P5o9rsGSvRo19HK2wTL4MLma3N6gVFqXN81VTqQ6apBhc5Kezq
Designed to allow anonymous or signed messages, and verify message integrity.
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required meta ciphertext
-------------- + ----------
ephemeral (80) plaintext
Designed to hide the message and header inside an anonymously encrypted/authenticated payload.
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random random message length (encrypted, 24 bytes)
-------------- + ---------- + ---------------------------------------
encryptPk (32) nonce (24) totalSize (8 bytes, big endian)
Appends a header to the message for verification, and pads the plaintext with null bytes.
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--------- + ------- + -------------------
message header null bytes (?)
Always contains a sha256 HMAC to authenticate the message, and optionally contains a signature from the sender.
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hash: hex( sha256_hmac( shared_secret ) of message )
[from-salty-id]: base58(encryptPk (32) + verifyPk (32))
[to-salty-id]: base58(encryptPk (32) + verifyPk (32))
[signature]: base58( detached sig of previous headers )
Example:
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hash: 3a5a42ad3cadea1ac4abd5169a7a1c2b2017404e00b9f08c5dee6c205f7a197a
from-salty-id: 2ZuU37oJ1erD85AzVohXq6Y74GHv2hjNYB9fu3P5o9rsGSvRo19HK2wTL4MLma3N6gVFqXN81VTqQ6apBhc5Kezq
to-salty-id: self
signature: 5V1c1P5a8dqDVMPhwqnDF39ZrHpaw7jhetEgHyPUkjM8tYvugPzDJ3xyhD9WdJQ4AjwYkN2XdWhnTB3GTRMJuAEd
Always contains the signer's public keys, a hash to authenticate the file, and a signature.
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from-salty-id: base58(encryptPk (32) + verifyPk (32))
hash-algorithm: algorithm
hash: hex( algorithm( file ) )
signature: base58( detached sig of previous headers )
Example:
`
from-salty-id: 2ZuU37oJ1erD85AzVohXq6Y74GHv2hjNYB9fu3P5o9rsGSvRo19HK2wTL4MLma3N6gVFqXN81VTqQ6apBhc5Kezq
hash-algorithm: sha256
hash: 19e406822f9eac2c19f0a0d59c1ab1f554e354fadbc1836f9e10858ce227ed2c
signature: 49VPoEqf3iNrpaWCjEejfe2vqT8ZHHkb68U6JRzxCEqWSoVoe7AjPEN2c3XYXgCuW7P3htsWbXZdF6LAsoyXoE3v
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Usage: salty [options] [command]
Commands:
init [options] initialize or update a wallet
id|pubkey output your shareable pubkey string
import|i
ls|l list imported keys
rm
encrypt|e [options] [infile|indir] [outfile] encrypt a file
decrypt|d [options]
sign|s [options]
verify|v [options]
save [indir] [outfile] save an encrypted backup of your wallet
restore [infile] [outdir] restore your wallet from a backup
encode [infile] output base58-encoded data to STDOUT
decode [infile] output base58-decoded data to STDOUT
*
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-w, --wallet
$3
Usage: encrypt|e [options] [infile|indir] [outfile] encrypt a file
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-t, --to email address to encrypt for. (must be imported first. default: self)
-m, --message compose a message instead of using [infile] (implies -a)
-s, --sign sign the message to reveal/prove our identity
-H, --header add a custom header (repeatable)
-a, --armor output ASCII armor to STDOUT
-g, --gist upload encrypted result as a gist
-F, --force ignore warnings and do it
-D, --delete delete the original file after encryption
$3
Usage: decrypt|d [options] [outfile] decrypt and verify a file
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-s, --sig require a signature
-a, --armor expect ASCII armor, output to STDOUT
-g, --gist download the encrypted input from a gist
-F, --force ignore warnings and do it
-D, --delete delete the salty file after verification
$3
Usage: sign|s [options] [outfile] create a signature
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-H, --header add a custom header (repeatable)
-h, --hash hash algorithm (default: sha256)
-a, --armor output ASCII armor to STDOUT
-F, --force ignore warnings and do it
$3
Usage: verify|v [options] [infile] verify a signature
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-a, --armor expect ASCII armor, output to STDOUT
Log
$3
- no longer asks for name/email for wallet
$3
- fix translateHeader if no name/email
$3
- fix ascii armor signature headers not wrapped
- add signing examples
$3
- updated generic install example to use
instead of git$3
- now you can regenerate your decryption key with
- switch to base58-encoding for everything but hashes
- hashes are now hex-encoded
- newlines in header/PEM changed to \n
- Custom header support for encryption or signing
- import now dedupes on verifyPk/email
- key removal by pubkey/email now supported
- "attached" signatures now available with ASCII armor flag
- signatures can be verified without previous setup (wallet creation)
- signatures support arbitrary hash algorithms
- added flag to output raw header$3
- Added anonymous gist support
- Added tar/gz support for encrypting directories
---
$3
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$ salty sign -a -h ripemd160 -H 'content-type: text/markdown' -H 'filename: README.md' README.md
-----BEGIN SALTY SIGNED MESSAGE-----
from-salty-id: 2ZuU37oJ1erD85AzVohXq6Y74GHv2hjNYB9fu3P5o9rsGSvRo
19HK2wTL4MLma3N6gVFqXN81VTqQ6apBhc5Kezq
content-type: text/markdown
filename: README.md
hash-algorithm: ripemd160
content-transfer-encoding: 8bit
hash: dcde04cff759a9e38ee4683b09355c857053ee80
signature: 2U135BFHiKYDKxiXMYiQbhDZMxD2imrXYJFVMZezKiTZmfLhtbYUb
wxnhsQL4rdc6MfeGsGoxAhEZ1aYYs5tgia5This is the jekyll source of my personal website, s8f.org.
-----END SALTY SIGNED MESSAGE-----
$3
$ salty sign -a -h sha512 -H 'content-type: image/vnd.microsoft.icon' -H 'filename: favicon.ico' favicon.ico
-----BEGIN SALTY SIGNED MESSAGE-----
from-salty-id: 2ZuU37oJ1erD85AzVohXq6Y74GHv2hjNYB9fu3P5o9rsGSvRo
19HK2wTL4MLma3N6gVFqXN81VTqQ6apBhc5Kezq
content-type: image/vnd.microsoft.icon
filename: favicon.ico
hash-algorithm: sha512
content-transfer-encoding: base64
hash: 628b42749e7b007f13c2aa858210e5a5411cedfff93ebb1c758f8a2b2d
5a13f4ccded598aa096b6f824a81e00ddfbd6fd30894eae24530b218158c98e
7e3a16f
signature: Kw7dZiBKZNwj4kejF2HevVPoni2mZry5VEKStKQYDeP6H61EWdD2s
yod6FJv5JJwXWyaSpBhXjHqSrasHJF2QExAAABAAEADxAAAAEAIAAoBAAAFgAAACgAAAAPAAAAIAAAAAEAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA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-----END SALTY SIGNED MESSAGE-----
---
- Copyright (C) 2016 Carlos Rodriguez (http://s8f.org/)
- Copyright (C) 2016 Terra Eclipse, Inc. (http://www.terraeclipse.com/)
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