Credentials Obfuscating Tool

This program obfuscates (not encrypts!) access credentials (such as a WiFi password and SSID) for use on microcontrollers. It creates data for a C++ header on standard output.

This tool does NOT provide strong security for very important use cases! Use at your own risk.

The following was intended as an area of application:

You can show someone your source code and they won't see your WiFi password right away
Your password is not stored in clear text in your project files
If you exclude the created header in the .gitignore file, you can freely share your project publicly

Build

Import as a new Java Project in your IDE
Compile the code

Recommended if you were redirected to this repository from one of my other projects: use the prebuilt JAR archive

Usage

java -jar CredentialsObfuscator.jar <String> [String...]

Example

$ java -jar CredentialsObfuscator.jar "EXAMPLE_SSID" "EXAMPLE_PASSWORD" > ObfuscatedData.hpp

will create a file ObfuscatedData.hpp:

#pragma once
#ifndef OBFUSCATED_DATA_HPP
#define OBFUSCATED_DATA_HPP

#include <climits> // for CHAR_BIT
#include <cstdint> // for uint8_t

static_assert(CHAR_BIT == 8, "Proper deobfuscation can only be guaranteed with 8-bit characters!");

namespace ObfuscatedCredentials {
	constexpr uint8_t data[] = {
		0x24, 0x60, 0x02, 0x81, 0x00, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0x41,
		0x40, 0x20, 0x00, 0x60, 0x80, 0x80, 0x21, 0xA0,
		0x02, 0x00, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0x41, 0x40, 0x20, 0x00,
		0x60, 0x40, 0xE0, 0x80, 0x80, 0x81, 0x61, 0x01,
		0xA0, 0xA8, 0x89, 0x0A, 0xEB, 0x6A, 0x88, 0x0B,
		0x28, 0x4A, 0x29, 0xA9, 0xE9, 0xEA
	};
}

#endif // OBFUSCATED_DATA_HPP

If you run the example yourself, you'll notice that the data in the array is different after each run. This coincidence is intentional.

Deobfuscation

For deobfuscating on the microcontroller (e.g. an ESP32) use the Credentials Deobfuscation Library which is written in C++.

How does it work?

I will add this section later...