self_encryption

Self encrypting files (convergent encryption plus obfuscation)

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Overview

A version of convergent encryption with an additional obfuscation step. This pattern allows secured data that can also be de-duplicated. This library presents an API that can be utilised in any application that provides a POSIX like filesystem interface, dealing very effectively with the content part of any data (in tests the parallelised approach can actually be faster than reading/writing data as a single stream). It is important to realise two important aspects of this library:

This library deals with file content only
This library provides very secure data, but does return a data structure (DataMap) that in turn requires to be secured.

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Examples

Using `self_encryptor`

This library splits a file into encrypted chunks and also produces a data map for the same. This data map with encrypted chunks enables the file to be reconstituted. Instructions to use the 'basic_encryptor' example are as follows:

Encrypt a file:

cargo run --example basic_encryptor -- -e <full_path_to_any_file>

You should now have the example binary in ../self_encryption/target/debug/examples/. The data_map for the given file and it's encrypted chunks will be written to the current directory.

Decrypt a file:

cargo run --example basic_encryptor -- -d <full_path_to_data_map> <full_destination_path_including_filename>

This will restore the original file to the given destination path.

License

Licensed under the General Public License (GPL), version 3 (LICENSE http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html).

Linking exception

self_encryption is licensed under GPLv3 with linking exception. This means you can link to and use the library from any program, proprietary or open source; paid or gratis. However, if you modify self_encryption, you must distribute the source to your modified version under the terms of the GPLv3.

See the LICENSE file for more details.

Contributing

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