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NAME

Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX - Authenticated encryption in EAX mode

SYNOPSIS

### OO interface
use Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX;

my $key = '...';
my $nonce = '...';
my $expected_tag = '...';

# encrypt and authenticate
my $ae_enc = Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX->new("AES", $key, $nonce);
$ae_enc->adata_add('additional_authenticated_data1');
$ae_enc->adata_add('additional_authenticated_data2');
my $ct = $ae_enc->encrypt_add('data1');
$ct .= $ae_enc->encrypt_add('data2');
$ct .= $ae_enc->encrypt_add('data3');
my $tag = $ae_enc->encrypt_done();

# decrypt and verify
my $ae_dec = Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX->new("AES", $key, $nonce);
$ae_dec->adata_add('additional_authenticated_data1');
$ae_dec->adata_add('additional_authenticated_data2');
my $pt = $ae_dec->decrypt_add('ciphertext1');
$pt .= $ae_dec->decrypt_add('ciphertext2');
$pt .= $ae_dec->decrypt_add('ciphertext3');
my $computed_tag = $ae_dec->decrypt_done();
die "decrypt failed" unless $computed_tag eq $expected_tag;

#or
my $result = $ae_dec->decrypt_done($expected_tag); # 0 or 1

### functional interface
use Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX qw(eax_encrypt_authenticate eax_decrypt_verify);

my $key = '...';
my $nonce = '...';
my $adata = '...';
my $plaintext = '...';

my ($ciphertext, $tag) = eax_encrypt_authenticate('AES', $key, $nonce, $adata, $plaintext);
my $decrypted = eax_decrypt_verify('AES', $key, $nonce, $adata, $ciphertext, $tag);

DESCRIPTION

EAX is a mode that requires a cipher, CTR and OMAC support and provides encryption and authentication. It is initialized with a random IV that can be shared publicly, additional authenticated data which can be fixed and public, and a random secret symmetric key.

This is a stateful API. Build one message by calling, in order: new, optional extra adata_add, zero or more encrypt_add or decrypt_add calls, then encrypt_done or decrypt_done.

Use a fresh object per message. The optional $adata argument to new is equivalent to adding initial AAD before processing any payload. When verifying, decrypt_done($expected_tag) is the safer one-step form; decrypt_done() without arguments only returns the calculated tag. The first encrypt_done / decrypt_done call finalizes the object. After that, further adata_add, encrypt_add, decrypt_add, encrypt_done, and decrypt_done calls croak.

EXPORT

Nothing is exported by default.

You can export selected functions:

use Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX qw(eax_encrypt_authenticate eax_decrypt_verify);

FUNCTIONS

eax_encrypt_authenticate

my ($ciphertext, $tag) = eax_encrypt_authenticate($cipher, $key, $nonce, $adata, $plaintext);

# $cipher .. [string] 'AES' or name of any other cipher with 16-byte block len
# $key ..... [binary string] AES key of proper length (128/192/256 bits)
# $nonce ... [binary string] unique nonce (no need to keep it secret)
# $adata ... [binary string] additional authenticated data

eax_decrypt_verify

my $plaintext = eax_decrypt_verify($cipher, $key, $nonce, $adata, $ciphertext, $tag);
# on error returns undef

METHODS

Unless noted otherwise, assume $ae is an existing AEAD object created via new, for example:

my $ae = Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX->new($cipher, $key, $nonce);

new

my $ae = Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX->new($cipher, $key, $nonce);
#or
my $ae = Crypt::AuthEnc::EAX->new($cipher, $key, $nonce, $adata);

# $cipher .. [string] 'AES' or name of any other cipher with 16-byte block len
# $key ..... [binary string] AES key of proper length (128/192/256 bits)
# $nonce ... [binary string] unique nonce (no need to keep it secret)
# $adata ... [binary string] additional authenticated data (optional)

adata_add

Can be called only before the first encrypt_add or decrypt_add. Returns the object itself (for chaining).

$ae->adata_add($adata);                        # can be called multiple times

encrypt_add

Returns a binary string of ciphertext (raw bytes).

my $ciphertext = $ae->encrypt_add($data);      # can be called multiple times

encrypt_done

Returns the authentication tag as a binary string (raw bytes). This call finalizes the current message.

my $tag = $ae->encrypt_done();                 # returns $tag value

decrypt_add

Returns a binary string of plaintext (raw bytes).

my $plaintext = $ae->decrypt_add($ciphertext); # can be called multiple times

decrypt_done

Without argument returns the computed tag as a binary string. With $tag argument returns 1 (success) or 0 (failure). This call finalizes the current message.

my $tag = $ae->decrypt_done;           # returns $tag value
#or
my $result = $ae->decrypt_done($tag);  # returns 1 (success) or 0 (failure)

clone

Returns a copy of the AEAD object in its current state.

my $ae_new = $ae->clone;

SEE ALSO