I have to make a stream cipher that takes in input a byte generator (randint function by default). I tried to implement it in this way but I don't want to have at the output the str() representation, I want the bytes one, so b'\x.......').
I read that bytes() with a list of integers gives the str representation, so if I return crypted in the crypting_fn, with a for cycle to pass to the bytes() only one int at a time, will I solve my "problem"? If not, can you please explain to me how can I do that?
import numpy as np
import numpy.random
class SC(object):
def __init__(self, key, prng=None, **kwargs):
if prng is None:
seed=None
rs = np.random.RandomState(seed)
def gen(seed):
rs = np.random.RandomState(seed)
while True:
yield rs.randint(0,255)
self.prng = rs.randint(0, 255)
else:
self.prng = prng(key, **kwargs)
def encrypt(self, plaintext):
return self.crypting_fn(plaintext)
def decrypt(self, ciphertext):
return self.crypting_fn(ciphertext)
def crypting_fn(self, text):
crypted=bytes([b^s for b, s in zip(text, range(self.prng))])
return crypted
message = 'hello world!'
key = 0x012345678
a = SC(key)
b = SC(key)
plaintextA = message.encode('utf-8')
ciphertext = a.encrypt(plaintextA)
plaintextB = b.decrypt(ciphertext)
print(plaintextA)
print(ciphertext)
print(plaintextB)
The output Is:
b'hello world!'
b'hdnok%qhzen*'
b'hello world!'
Your use of the PRNG is borked; instead of generating a stream of bytes, you generate a single byte and your keystream is just 0, 1, 2, 3... up until you hit the random byte (so when the byte is small, you don't even have enough to encrypt the entire input).
Fix your code to make self.prng a keystream generator, not a single random byte, and use it as such, and you'll get something that looks like what you want:
import numpy as np
import numpy.random
class SC(object):
def __init__(self, key, prng=None, **kwargs):
if prng is None:
def gen(seed):
rs = np.random.RandomState(seed)
while True:
yield rs.randint(0, 255)
self.prng = gen(key) # Seed with provided "key", not None (which seeds from system random)
else:
# Without knowing what prng should be, I can't be sure this line is correct
# This is what you'd want if calling prng produced an iterator using the keystream
self.prng = prng(key, **kwargs)
def encrypt(self, plaintext):
return self.crypting_fn(plaintext)
def decrypt(self, ciphertext):
return self.crypting_fn(ciphertext)
def crypting_fn(self, text):
crypted=bytes([b^s for b, s in zip(text, self.prng)])
return crypted
message = 'hello world!'
key = 0x012345678
a = SC(key)
b = SC(key)
plaintextA = message.encode('utf-8')
ciphertext = a.encrypt(plaintextA)
plaintextB = b.decrypt(ciphertext)
print(plaintextA)
print(ciphertext)
print(plaintextB)
which outputs:
b'hello world!'
b'+\x9f\xc8\xec\xd4\\\xac\xf6\xae\xba\x9c\xeb'
b'hello world!'
Try it online!
I looked at this example and tried to write a class which holds the header information.
From another class, I would call this class and get the dictionary to use.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import binascii
import codecs
from datetime import datetime
from collections import defaultdict
class HeaderInfo(dict, object):
def __init__(self):
header_dict = defaultdict(list) # This shall hold all the issues in the parsed file
# super(HeaderInfo, self).__init__(file)
self._object = "C:\Sample.log"
file = open(self._object, "rb")
self._dict = {}
byte = file.read(4)
logFileSize = int.from_bytes(byte, "little")
header_dict = self.add('logFileSize', logFileSize)
dict = self.add('logFileSize', logFileSize)
# print((dict))
byte = file.read(20)
hexadecimal = binascii.hexlify(byte)
header_dict = self.add('fileType', codecs.decode(hexadecimal, "hex").decode('ascii'))
dict = self.add('fileType', codecs.decode(hexadecimal, "hex").decode('ascii'))
# print((dict))
byte = file.read(5)
hexadecimal = binascii.hexlify(byte)
header_dict = self.add('fileVersion', codecs.decode(hexadecimal, "hex").decode('ascii'))
dict = self.add('fileVersion', codecs.decode(hexadecimal, "hex").decode('ascii'))
# print((dict))
byte = file.read(10)
hexadecimal = binascii.hexlify(byte)
header_dict = self.add('fileNumber', codecs.decode(hexadecimal, "hex").decode('ascii'))
dict = self.add('fileNumber', codecs.decode(hexadecimal, "hex").decode('ascii'))
def add(self, id, val):
self._dict[id] = val
return self._dict
# print the data
hi = HeaderInfo()
print(hi)
when I tried with print statements,the data is printed, but
hi = HeaderInfo()
, doesn't return anyvalue in "hi".
any idea to return the dict value if HeaderInfo() is called?
hi is a variable pointing to an instance of your class HeaderInfo - it is not the internal dictionary self._dict of your class.
You essentially have a class thats a dict that also has a member that is a dict - you fill the member - not the class itself.
Printing hi won't show whats in your self._dict, unless you overwrite the def __str__(self) and maybe def __repl__(self) methods of your class to customize how your class is printed (by itself/inside lists).
To print the member, add
def Get_Data(self): # or some other name
return self._dict
to your class and use
print(hi.Get_Data())
to view whats inside your members dictionary.
If you want to store stuff in you class itself, change your add method
def add(self, id, val):
self[id] = val # store it inside yourself, not your member
return self # this is questionalbe - as is the whole method
# if you do not want to make it part of your public api
Here is my client code.
import socket, pickle,time
from encryption import *
def Main():
host = '127.0.0.1'
port = 5006
s = socket.socket()
s.connect((host, port))
m= encryption()
pri_key,pub_key,n=m.generating_keys(1)
filename = input("Filename? -> ")
if filename != 'q':
data=[filename,pub_key,n]
msg=pickle.dumps(data)
s.send(msg)
data = s.recv(1024)
data=data.decode('utf-8')
if data == '1':
size = s.recv(1024)
size = int(size.decode('utf-8'))
filesize = size
message = input("File exists, " + str(filesize) +"Bytes, download? (Y/N)? -> ")
if message == 'Y':
s.send(b'1')
count=0
f = open('new_'+filename, 'wb')
data = s.recv(1024)
data=int.from_bytes(data,byteorder="little")
msg=m.decrypt(data,pri_key,n)
totalRecv = len(msg)
f.write(msg)
#count=0
while totalRecv<filesize:
#time.sleep(.300)
decipher = s.recv(1024)
decipher=int.from_bytes(decipher,byteorder="little")
print(decipher)
if(decipher==0):
break
msg=m.decrypt(decipher,pri_key,n)
totalRecv += len(msg)
f.write(msg)
print ("{0:.2f}".format((totalRecv/float(filesize))*100)+ "% Done")
print ("Download Complete!")
f.close()
else:
print ("File Does Not Exist!")
s.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
Main()
Here is my server code.
import socket,threading,os,pickle
from encryption import *
def RetrFile(name, sock):
m=encryption()
filename = sock.recv(1024)
dat=pickle.loads(filename)
if os.path.isfile(dat[0]):
s='1'
s=s.encode('utf-8')
sock.send(s)
k=str(os.path.getsize(dat[0]))
k=k.encode('utf-8')
sock.send(k)
count=8
userResponse = sock.recv(1024)
if userResponse[:2] == (b'1'):
with open(dat[0],'rb') as f:
bytesToSend = f.read(1024)
#print(type(bytesToSend))
#print('1')
#print(bytesToSend)
msg= m.encrypt(bytesToSend,dat[1],dat[2])
#print(msg)
#print(1)
k=msg.bit_length()
if(k%8>=1):
k=k+1
msg=msg.to_bytes(k,byteorder="little")
#print (msg)
#msg=msg.encode('utf-8')
#print(msg)
sock.send(msg)
s=''
s=s.encode('utf-8')
while bytesToSend != s:
bytesToSend = f.read(1024)
msg= m.encrypt(bytesToSend,dat[1],dat[2])
k=msg.bit_length()
if(k%8>=1):
k=k//8+1
msg=msg.to_bytes(k,byteorder="little")
sock.send(msg)
#count=count.to_bytes(1,byteorder="little")
#sock.send(count)
else:
sock.send(b'ERR')
sock.close()
def Main():
host = '127.0.0.1'
port = 5006
s = socket.socket()
s.bind((host,port))
s.listen(5)
print ("Server Started.")
while True:
c, addr = s.accept()
print ("client connedted ip:<" + str(addr) + ">")
t = threading.Thread(target=RetrFile, args=("RetrThread", c))
t.start()
s.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
Main()
Now my problem is that decipher.recv(1024) in client side is not receiving the message. what should i do.
On the server side, change the code to:
while bytesToSend != s:
bytesToSend = f.read(1024)
length = len(bytesTosend)
leng = length.to_bytes(4, 'little')
sock.sendall(leng)
msg = m.encrypt(bytesToSend, dat[1], dat[2])
k = msg.bit_length()
if k % 8 >= 1 :
k = k // 8 + 1
else:
k = k // 8
msg = msg.to_bytes(k, byteorder='little')
sock.sendall(msg)
And on the client side:
while True:
length = s.recv(4)
length = int.from_bytes(length, byteorder='little')
decipher = s.recv(leng)
decipher = int.from_bytes(decipher, byteorder='little')
if not decipher:
break
msg = m.decrypt(decipher, pri_key, n)
f.write(msg)
f.close()
It is rather difficult to check your code without seeing the encryption module referenced in your code. With such functionality absent, testing to find out where the problem is becomes impossible. As such, the following programs are provided along with the implementation of another encryption module.
The server should be run from the command line and requires a port number and password to be supplied upon execution. The only form of authentication or authorization used is proper understanding of the client. The client must use the same password to be understood by the server.
Server
#! /usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
import pathlib
import pickle
import pickletools
import random
import socket
import socketserver
import zlib
import encryption
BYTES_USED = bytes(range(1 << 8))
CHAIN_SIZE = 1 << 8
def main():
"""Start a file server and serve clients forever."""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Execute a file server demo.')
parser.add_argument('port', type=int, help='location where server listens')
parser.add_argument('password', type=str, help='key to use on secure line')
arguments = parser.parse_args()
server_address = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()), arguments.port
server = CustomServer(server_address, CustomHandler, arguments.password)
server.serve_forever()
class CustomServer(socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer):
"""Provide server support for the management of encrypted data."""
def __init__(self, server_address, request_handler_class, password):
"""Initialize the server and keep a set of security credentials."""
super().__init__(server_address, request_handler_class, True)
self.key = encryption.Key.new_client_random(
BYTES_USED,
CHAIN_SIZE,
random.Random(password)
)
self.primer = encryption.Primer.new_client_random(
self.key,
random.Random(password)
)
class CustomHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
"""Allow forwarding of data to all connected clients."""
def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
"""Initialize the handler with security translators."""
self.decoder = encryption.Decrypter(server.key, server.primer)
self.encoder = encryption.Encrypter(server.key, server.primer)
super().__init__(request, client_address, server)
def handle(self):
"""Run the code to handle clients while dealing with errors."""
try:
self.process_file_request()
except (ConnectionResetError, EOFError):
pass
def process_file_request(self):
"""Deal with clients that wish to download a file."""
segment = self.load()
path = pathlib.Path(segment)
if path.is_file():
size = path.stat().st_size
self.dump(size)
accepted = self.load()
if accepted:
with path.open('rb') as file:
while True:
buffer = file.read(1 << 15)
self.dump(buffer)
if not buffer:
break
else:
error = 'The given path does not specify a file.'
self.dump(error)
def load(self):
"""Read the client's connection with blocking."""
data = self.decoder.load_16bit_frame(self.rfile)
bytes_object = zlib.decompress(data)
return pickle.loads(bytes_object)
def dump(self, obj):
"""Send an object securely over to the client if possible."""
pickle_string = pickle.dumps(obj, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
bytes_object = pickletools.optimize(pickle_string)
data = zlib.compress(bytes_object, zlib.Z_BEST_COMPRESSION)
self.encoder.dump_16bit_frame(data, self.wfile)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
The client should also be run from the command line and requires the host name, port number, and password for the server. Communications are encrypted with the password and cannot be decrypted properly if it is different. Please note that very little checking for errors is present in the two programs.
Client
#! /usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
import pathlib
import pickle
import pickletools
import random
import socket
import zlib
import encryption
BYTES_USED = bytes(range(1 << 8))
CHAIN_SIZE = 1 << 8
# These are possible answers accepted for yes/no style questions.
POSITIVE = tuple(map(str.casefold, ('yes', 'true', '1')))
NEGATIVE = tuple(map(str.casefold, ('no', 'false', '0')))
def main():
"""Connect a file client to a server and process incoming commands."""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Execute a file client demo.')
parser.add_argument('host', type=str, help='name of server on the network')
parser.add_argument('port', type=int, help='location where server listens')
parser.add_argument('password', type=str, help='key to use on secure line')
arguments = parser.parse_args()
connection = socket.create_connection((arguments.host, arguments.port))
try:
talk_to_server(*make_dump_and_load(connection, arguments.password))
finally:
connection.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
connection.close()
def make_dump_and_load(connection, password):
"""Create objects to help with the encrypted communications."""
reader = connection.makefile('rb', -1)
writer = connection.makefile('wb', 0)
chaos = random.Random(password)
key = encryption.Key.new_client_random(BYTES_USED, CHAIN_SIZE, chaos)
chaos = random.Random(password)
primer = encryption.Primer.new_client_random(key, chaos)
decoder = encryption.Decrypter(key, primer)
encoder = encryption.Encrypter(key, primer)
def dump(obj):
"""Write an object to the writer file in an encoded form."""
pickle_string = pickle.dumps(obj, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
bytes_object = pickletools.optimize(pickle_string)
data = zlib.compress(bytes_object, zlib.Z_BEST_COMPRESSION)
encoder.dump_16bit_frame(data, writer)
def load():
"""Read an object from the reader file and decode the results."""
data = decoder.load_16bit_frame(reader)
bytes_object = zlib.decompress(data)
return pickle.loads(bytes_object)
return dump, load
def talk_to_server(dump, load):
"""Converse with the serve while trying to get a file."""
segment = input('Filename: ')
dump(segment)
size = load()
if isinstance(size, int):
print('File exists and takes', size, 'bytes to download.')
response = get_response('Continue? ')
dump(response)
if response:
location = input('Where should the new file be created? ')
with pathlib.Path(location).open('wb') as file:
written = 0
while True:
buffer = load()
if not buffer:
break
written += file.write(buffer)
print('Progress: {:.1%}'.format(written / size))
print('Download complete!')
else:
print(size)
def get_response(query):
"""Ask the user yes/no style questions and return the results."""
while True:
answer = input(query).casefold()
if answer:
if any(option.startswith(answer) for option in POSITIVE):
return True
if any(option.startswith(answer) for option in NEGATIVE):
return False
print('Please provide a positive or negative answer.')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Since access to the encryption module was not provided, an alternative implementation has been included below. No guarantee is made for its suitability in any capacity or for any purpose. It may be somewhat slow as the software is currently configured but works well if obfuscation is desired.
encryption
"""Provide an implementation of Markov Encryption for simplified use.
This module exposes primitives useful for executing Markov Encryption
processes. ME was inspired by a combination of Markov chains with the
puzzles of Sudoku. This implementation has undergone numerous changes
and optimizations since its original design. Please see documentation."""
###############################################################################
# Import several functions needed later in the code.
from collections import deque
from math import ceil
from random import Random, SystemRandom
from struct import calcsize, pack, unpack
from inspect import currentframe
__author__ = 'Stephen "Zero" Chappell <Noctis.Skytower#gmail.com>'
__date__ = '18 August 2016'
__version__ = 2, 0, 8
###############################################################################
# Create some tools to use in the classes down below.
_CHAOS = SystemRandom()
def slots(names=''):
"""Set the __slots__ variable in the calling context with private names.
This function allows a convenient syntax when specifying the slots
used in a class. Simply call it in a class definition context with
the needed names. Locals are modified with private slot names."""
currentframe().f_back.f_locals['__slots__'] = \
tuple('__' + name for name in names.replace(',', ' ').split())
###############################################################################
# Implement a Key primitive data type for Markov Encryption.
class Key:
"""Key(data) -> Key instance
This class represents a Markov Encryption Key primitive. It allows for
easy key creation, checks for proper data construction, and helps with
encoding and decoding indexes based on cached internal tables."""
slots('data dimensions base size encoder axes order decoder')
#classmethod
def new(cls, bytes_used, chain_size):
"""Return a Key instance created from bytes_used and chain_size.
Creating a new key is easy with this method. Call this class method
with the bytes you want the key to recognize along with the size of
the chains you want the encryption/decryption processes to use."""
selection, blocks = list(set(bytes_used)), []
for _ in range(chain_size):
_CHAOS.shuffle(selection)
blocks.append(bytes(selection))
return cls(tuple(blocks))
#classmethod
def new_deterministic(cls, bytes_used, chain_size):
"""Automatically create a key with the information provided."""
selection, blocks, chaos = list(set(bytes_used)), [], Random()
chaos.seed(chain_size.to_bytes(ceil(
chain_size.bit_length() / 8), 'big') + bytes(range(256)))
for _ in range(chain_size):
chaos.shuffle(selection)
blocks.append(bytes(selection))
return cls(tuple(blocks))
#classmethod
def new_client_random(cls, bytes_used, chain_size, chaos):
"""Create a key using chaos as the key's source of randomness."""
selection, blocks = list(set(bytes_used)), []
for _ in range(chain_size):
chaos.shuffle(selection)
blocks.append(bytes(selection))
return cls(tuple(blocks))
def __init__(self, data):
"""Initialize the Key instance's variables after testing the data.
Keys are created with tuples of carefully constructed bytes arrays.
This method tests the given data before going on to build internal
tables for efficient encoding and decoding methods later on."""
self.__test_data(data)
self.__make_vars(data)
#staticmethod
def __test_data(data):
"""Test the data for correctness in its construction.
The data must be a tuple of at least two byte arrays. Each byte
array must have at least two bytes, all of which must be unique.
Furthermore, all arrays should share the exact same byte set."""
if not isinstance(data, tuple):
raise TypeError('Data must be a tuple object!')
if len(data) < 2:
raise ValueError('Data must contain at least two items!')
item = data[0]
if not isinstance(item, bytes):
raise TypeError('Data items must be bytes objects!')
length = len(item)
if length < 2:
raise ValueError('Data items must contain at least two bytes!')
unique = set(item)
if len(unique) != length:
raise ValueError('Data items must contain unique byte sets!')
for item in data[1:]:
if not isinstance(item, bytes):
raise TypeError('Data items must be bytes objects!')
next_length = len(item)
if next_length != length:
raise ValueError('All data items must have the same size!')
next_unique = set(item)
if len(next_unique) != next_length:
raise ValueError('Data items must contain unique byte sets!')
if next_unique ^ unique:
raise ValueError('All data items must use the same byte set!')
def __make_vars(self, data):
"""Build various internal tables for optimized calculations.
Encoding and decoding rely on complex relationships with the given
data. This method caches several of these key relationships for use
when the encryption and decryption processes are being executed."""
self.__data = data
self.__dimensions = len(data)
base, *mutations = data
self.__base = base = tuple(base)
self.__size = size = len(base)
offset = -sum(base.index(block[0]) for block in mutations[:-1]) % size
self.__encoder = base[offset:] + base[:offset]
self.__axes = tuple(reversed([tuple(base.index(byte) for byte in block)
for block in mutations]))
self.__order = key = tuple(sorted(base))
grid = []
for rotation in range(size):
block, row = base[rotation:] + base[:rotation], [None] * size
for byte, value in zip(block, key):
row[key.index(byte)] = value
grid.append(tuple(row))
self.__decoder = tuple(grid[offset:] + grid[:offset])
def test_primer(self, primer):
"""Raise an error if the primer is not compatible with this key.
Key and primers have a certain relationship that must be maintained
in order for them to work together. Since the primer understands
the requirements, it is asked to check this key for compatibility."""
primer.test_key(self)
def encode(self, index):
"""Encode index based on internal tables and return byte code.
An index probes into the various axes of the multidimensional,
virtual grid that a key represents. The index is evaluated, and
the value at its coordinates is returned by running this method."""
assert len(index) == self.__dimensions, \
'Index size is not compatible with key dimensions!'
*probes, current = index
return self.__encoder[(sum(
table[probe] for table, probe in zip(self.__axes, probes)
) + current) % self.__size]
def decode(self, index):
"""Decode index based on internal tables and return byte code.
Decoding does the exact same thing as encoding, but it indexes
into a virtual grid that represents the inverse of the encoding
grid. Tables are used to make the process fast and efficient."""
assert len(index) == self.__dimensions, \
'Index size is not compatible with key dimensions!'
*probes, current = index
return self.__decoder[sum(
table[probe] for table, probe in zip(self.__axes, probes)
) % self.__size][current]
#property
def data(self):
"""Data that the instance was initialized with.
This is the tuple of byte arrays used to create this key and can
be used to create an exact copy of this key at some later time."""
return self.__data
#property
def dimensions(self):
"""Dimensions that the internal, virtual grid contains.
The virtual grid has a number of axes that can be referenced when
indexing into it, and this number is the count of its dimensions."""
return self.__dimensions
#property
def base(self):
"""Base value that the internal grid is built from.
The Sudoku nature of the grid comes from rotating this value by
offsets, keeping values unique along any axis while traveling."""
return self.__base
#property
def order(self):
"""Order of base after its values have been sorted.
A sorted base is important when constructing inverse rows and when
encoding raw bytes for use in updating an encode/decode index."""
return self.__order
###############################################################################
# Implement a Primer primitive data type for Markov Encryption.
class Primer:
"""Primer(data) -> Primer instance
This class represents a Markov Encryption Primer primitive. It is very
important for starting both the encryption and decryption processes. A
method is provided for their easy creation with a related key."""
slots('data')
#classmethod
def new(cls, key):
"""Return a Primer instance from a parent Key.
Primers must be compatible with the keys they are used with. This
method takes a key and constructs a cryptographically sound primer
that is ready to use in the beginning stages of encryption."""
base = key.base
return cls(bytes(_CHAOS.choice(base)
for _ in range(key.dimensions - 1)))
#classmethod
def new_deterministic(cls, key):
"""Automatically create a primer with the information provided."""
base, chain_size, chaos = key.base, key.dimensions, Random()
chaos.seed(chain_size.to_bytes(ceil(
chain_size.bit_length() / 8), 'big') + bytes(range(256)))
return cls(bytes(chaos.choice(base) for _ in range(chain_size - 1)))
#classmethod
def new_client_random(cls, key, chaos):
"""Create a primer using chaos as the primer's source of randomness."""
base = key.base
return cls(
bytes(chaos.choice(base) for _ in range(key.dimensions - 1))
)
def __init__(self, data):
"""Initialize the Primer instance after testing validity of data.
Though not as complicated in its requirements as keys, primers do
need some simple structure in the data they are given. A checking
method is run before saving the data to the instance's attribute."""
self.__test_data(data)
self.__data = data
#staticmethod
def __test_data(data):
"""Test the data for correctness and test the data.
In order for the primer to be compatible with the nature of the
Markov Encryption processes, the data must be an array of bytes;
and to act as a primer, it must contain at least some information."""
if not isinstance(data, bytes):
raise TypeError('Data must be a bytes object!')
if not data:
raise ValueError('Data must contain at least one byte!')
def test_key(self, key):
"""Raise an error if the key is not compatible with this primer.
Primers provide needed data to start encryption and decryption. For
it be compatible with a key, it must contain one byte less than the
key's dimensions and must be a subset of the base in the key."""
if len(self.__data) != key.dimensions - 1:
raise ValueError('Key size must be one more than the primer size!')
if not set(self.__data).issubset(key.base):
raise ValueError('Key data must be a superset of primer data!')
#property
def data(self):
"""Data that the instance was initialized with.
This is the byte array used to create this primer and can be used
if desired to create an copy of this primer at some later time."""
return self.__data
###############################################################################
# Create an abstract processing class for use in encryption and decryption.
class _Processor:
"""_Processor(key, primer) -> NotImplementedError exception
This class acts as a base for the encryption and decryption processes.
The given key is saved, and several tables are created along with an
index. Since it is abstract, calling the class will raise an exception."""
slots('key into index from')
def __init__(self, key, primer):
"""Initialize the _Processor instance if it is from a child class.
After passing several tests for creating a valid processing object,
the key is saved, and the primer is used to start an index. Tables
are also formed for converting byte values between systems."""
if type(self) is _Processor:
raise NotImplementedError('This is an abstract class!')
key.test_primer(primer)
self.__key = key
self.__into = table = dict(map(reversed, enumerate(key.order)))
self.__index = deque(map(table.__getitem__, primer.data),
key.dimensions)
self.__from = dict(map(reversed, table.items()))
def process(self, data):
"""Process the data and return its transformed state.
A cache for the data transformation is created and an internal
method is run to quickly encode or decode the given bytes. The
cache is finally converted to immutable bytes when returned."""
cache = bytearray()
self._run(data, cache.append, self.__key, self.__into, self.__index)
return bytes(cache)
#staticmethod
def _run(data, cache_append, key, table, index):
"""Run the processing algorithm in an overloaded method.
Since this is only an abstract base class for encoding/decoding,
this method will raise an exception when run. Inheriting classes
should implement whatever is appropriate for the intended function."""
raise NotImplementedError('This is an abstract method!')
#property
def primer(self):
"""Primer representing the state of the internal index.
The index can be retrieved as a primer, useful for initializing
another processor in the same starting state as the current one."""
index = self.__index
index.append(None)
index.pop()
return Primer(bytes(map(self.__from.__getitem__, index)))
###############################################################################
# Inherit from _Processor and implement the ME encoding algorithm.
class Encrypter(_Processor):
"""Encrypter(key, primer) -> Encrypter instance
This class represents a state-aware encryption engine that can be fed
data and will return a stream of coherent cipher-text. An index is
maintained, and a state-continuation primer can be retrieved at will."""
slots()
#staticmethod
def _run(data, cache_append, key, table, index):
"""Encrypt the data with the given arguments.
To run the encryption process as fast as possible, methods are
cached as names. As the algorithm operates, only recognized bytes
are encoded while running through the selective processing loop."""
encode, index_append = key.encode, index.append
for byte in data:
if byte in table:
index_append(table[byte])
cache_append(encode(index))
else:
cache_append(byte)
def dump_16bit_frame(self, data, file):
"""Write the data to the file using a guaranteed frame size."""
size = len(data)
if not 1 <= size <= 1 << 16:
raise ValueError('data has an unsupported length')
packed = self.process(pack('<H{}s'.format(size), size - 1, data))
if file.write(packed) != len(packed):
raise IOError('frame was not properly written to file')
###############################################################################
# Inherit from _Processor and implement the ME decoding algorithm.
class Decrypter(_Processor):
"""Decrypter(key, primer) -> Decrypter instance
This class represents a state-aware decryption engine that can be fed
data and will return a stream of coherent plain-text. An index is
maintained, and a state-continuation primer can be retrieved at will."""
slots()
SIZE = '<H'
DATA = '{}s'
#staticmethod
def _run(data, cache_append, key, table, index):
"""Decrypt the data with the given arguments.
To run the decryption process as fast as possible, methods are
cached as names. As the algorithm operates, only recognized bytes
are decoded while running through the selective processing loop."""
decode, index_append = key.decode, index.append
for byte in data:
if byte in table:
index_append(table[byte])
value = decode(index)
cache_append(value)
index[-1] = table[value]
else:
cache_append(byte)
def load_16bit_frame(self, file):
"""Read some data from the file using a guaranteed frame size."""
size = unpack(self.SIZE, self.process(self.read_all(
file,
calcsize(self.SIZE)
)))[0] + 1
return unpack(self.DATA.format(size), self.process(self.read_all(
file,
size
)))[0]
#staticmethod
def read_all(file, size):
"""Get all the data that has been requested from the file."""
if not 1 <= size <= 1 << 16:
raise ValueError('size has an unsupported value')
buffer = bytearray()
while size > 0:
data = file.read(size)
if not data:
raise EOFError('file has unexpectedly reached the end')
buffer.extend(data)
size -= len(data)
if size < 0:
raise IOError('more data was read than was required')
return bytes(buffer)
Note: I see that I need to more clearly work out what it is that I want each property/descriptor/class/method to do before I ask how to do it! I don't think my question can be answered at this time. Thanks all for helping me out.
Thanks to icktoofay and BrenBarn, I'm starting to understand discriptors and properties, but now I have a slightly harder question to ask:
I see now how these work:
class Blub(object):
def __get__(self, instance, owner):
print('Blub gets ' + instance._blub)
return instance._blub
def __set__(self, instance, value):
print('Blub becomes ' + value)
instance._blub = value
class Quish(object):
blub = Blub()
def __init__(self, value):
self.blub = value
And how a = Quish('one') works (produces "Blub becomes one") but take a gander at this code:
import os
import glob
class Index(object):
def __init__(self, dir=os.getcwd()):
self.name = dir #index name is directory of indexes
# index is the list of indexes
self.index = glob.glob(os.path.join(self.name, 'BatchStarted*'))
# which is the pointer to the index (index[which] == BatchStarted_12312013_115959.txt)
self.which = 0
# self.file = self.File(self.index[self.which])
def get(self):
return self.index[self.which]
def next(self):
self.which += 1
if self.which < len(self.index):
return self.get()
else:
# loop back to the first
self.which = 0
return None
def back(self):
if self.which > 0:
self.which -= 1
return self.get()
class File(object):
def __init__(self, file):
# if the file exists, we'll use it.
if os.path.isfile(file):
self.name = file
# otherwise, our name is none and we return.
else:
self.name = None
return None
# 'file' attribute is the actual file object
self.file = open(self.name, 'r')
self.line = Lines(self.file)
class Lines(object):
# pass through the actual file object (not filename)
def __init__(self, file):
self.file = file
# line is the list if this file's lines
self.line = self.file.readlines()
self.which = 0
self.extension = Extension(self.line[self.which])
def __get__(self):
return self.line[self.which]
def __set__(self, value):
self.which = value
def next(self):
self.which += 1
return self.__get__()
def back(self):
self.which -= 1
return self.__get__()
class Extension(object):
def __init__(self, lineStr):
# check to make sure a string is passed
if lineStr:
self.lineStr = lineStr
self.line = self.lineStr.split('|')
self.pathStr = self.line[0]
self.path = self.pathStr.split('\\')
self.fileStr = self.path[-1]
self.file = self.fileStr.split('.')
else:
self.lineStr = None
def __get__(self):
self.line = self.lineStr.split('|')
self.pathStr = self.line[0]
self.path = self.pathStr.split('\\')
self.fileStr = self.path[-1]
self.file = self.fileStr.split('.')
return self.file[-1]
def __set__(self, ext):
self.file[-1] = ext
self.fileStr = '.'.join(self.file)
self.path[-1] = fileStr
self.pathStr = '\\'.join(self.path)
self.line[0] = self.pathStr
self.lineStr = '|'.join(self.line)
Firstly, there may be some typos in here because I've been working on it and leaving it half-arsed. That's not my point. My point is that in icktoofay's example, nothing gets passed to Blub(). Is there any way to do what I'm doing here, that is set some "self" attributes and after doing some processing, taking that and passing it to the next class? Would this be better suited for a property?
I would like to have it so that:
>>> i = Index() # i contains list of index files
>>> f = File(i.get()) # f is now one of those files
>>> f.line
'\\\\server\\share\\folder\\file0.txt|Name|Sean|Date|10-20-2000|Type|1'
>>> f.line.extension
'txt'
>>> f.line.extension = 'rtf'
>>> f.line
'\\\\server\\share\\folder\\file0.rtf|Name|Sean|Date|10-20-2000|Type|1'
You can do that, but the issue there is less about properties/descriptors and more about creating classes that give the behavior you want.
So, when you do f.line, that is some object. When you do f.line.extension, that is doing (f.line).extension --- that is, it first evalautes f.line and then gets the extension attribute of whatever f.line is.
The important thing here is that f.line cannot know whether you are later going to try to access its extension. So you can't have f.line do one thing for "plain" f.line and another thing for f.line.extension. The f.line part has to be the same in both, and the extension part can't change that.
The solution for what you seem to want to do is to make f.line return some kind of object that in some way looks or works like a string, but also allows setting attributes and updating itself accordingly. Exactly how you do this depends on how much you need f.lines to behave like a string and how much you need it to do other stuff. Basically you need f.line to be a "gatekeeper" object that handles some operations by acting like a string (e.g., you apparently want it to display as a string), and handles other objects in custom ways (e.g., you apparently want to be able to set an extension attribute on it and have that update its contents).
Here's a simplistic example:
class Line(object):
def __init__(self, txt):
self.base, self.extension = txt.split('.')
def __str__(self):
return self.base + "." + self.extension
Now you can do:
>>> line = Line('file.txt')
>>> print line
file.txt
>>> line.extension
'txt'
>>> line.extension = 'foo'
>>> print line
file.foo
However, notice that I did print line, not just line. By writing a __str__ method, I defined the behavior that happens when you do print line. But if you evaluate it "raw" without printing it, you'll see it's not really a string:
>>> line
<__main__.Line object at 0x000000000233D278>
You could override this behavior as well (by defining __repr__), but do you want to? That depends on how you want to use line. The point is that you need to decide what you want your line to do in what situations, and then craft a class that does that.
I have the following classes:
class MessageBoard:
def __init__(self):
self.messages = []
self.readers = {}
def post(self, message):
self.messages.append(message)
def register_reader(self, reader):
self.readers[reader.name] = reader.public_key
class Reader:
def __init__(self, name, public_key, private_key):
self.name = name
self.public_key = public_key
self.private_key = private_key
def register_on_board(self, board):
board.register_reader(self)
def read(self, message):
return self._decrypt(message)
def _decrypt(self, message):
#Unknown method using private_key
class Writer:
def __init__(self):
pass
def write(self, message, board, intended_reader_name):
public_key = board.readers[intended_reader_name]
board.post(self._encrypt(message, public_key))
def _encrypt(self, message, key_to_use):
#Unknown method using public_key
How do I implement the public key / private key generation and the use of them in Writer()._encrypt and Reader()._decrypt?
If you really want to do this (generate and store private keys centrally), see these instructions - relevant code snippet below for reference:
>>> from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
>>> from Crypto import Random
>>> random_generator = Random.new().read
>>> private_key = RSA.generate(1024, random_generator)
>>> public_key = private_key.publickey()
>>> enc_data = public_key.encrypt('abcdefgh', 32)
>>> private_key.decrypt(enc_data)
'abcdefgh'
However, please bear in mind that unless I'm mistaken about the purpose of your application this is an insecure way of doing this.
I'm assuming that the Reader does not actually reside in the same system as the Writer - if they do, I see no reason whatsoever why to use PKI (asymmetric crypto) in any case when a simple symmetric AES crypto would suffice.
If my assumption is correct, the Readershould generate the private key as described above, and only pass the public key to the Writer and import the key using RSA.importKey - unfortunately you need pyCrypto >= 2.1 for this