// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Counter (CTR) mode. // CTR converts a block cipher into a stream cipher by // repeatedly encrypting an incrementing counter and // xoring the resulting stream of data with the input. // See NIST SP 800-38A, pp 13-15 package block import ( "io" ) type ctrStream struct { c Cipher ctr []byte out []byte } func newCTRStream(c Cipher, ctr []byte) *ctrStream { x := new(ctrStream) x.c = c x.ctr = dup(ctr) x.out = make([]byte, len(ctr)) return x } func (x *ctrStream) Next() []byte { // Next block is encryption of counter. x.c.Encrypt(x.out, x.ctr) // Increment counter for i := len(x.ctr) - 1; i >= 0; i-- { x.ctr[i]++ if x.ctr[i] != 0 { break } } return x.out } // NewCTRReader returns a reader that reads data from r, decrypts (or encrypts) // it using c in counter (CTR) mode with the initialization vector iv. // The returned Reader does not buffer and has no block size. // In CTR mode, encryption and decryption are the same operation: // a CTR reader applied to an encrypted stream produces a decrypted // stream and vice versa. func NewCTRReader(c Cipher, iv []byte, r io.Reader) io.Reader { return newXorReader(newCTRStream(c, iv), r) } // NewCTRWriter returns a writer that encrypts (or decrypts) data using c // in counter (CTR) mode with the initialization vector iv // and writes the encrypted data to w. // The returned Writer does not buffer and has no block size. // In CTR mode, encryption and decryption are the same operation: // a CTR writer applied to an decrypted stream produces an encrypted // stream and vice versa. func NewCTRWriter(c Cipher, iv []byte, w io.Writer) io.Writer { return newXorWriter(newCTRStream(c, iv), w) }