cbc-partial-decrypt

aes-cbc-partial-decrypt

In CBC mode, the only thing needed to decrypt a specific block, is the ciphertext, key and previous ciphertext (to use as IV).

This library takes advantage of that, and implements partial decryption for AES-CBC with 128, 192 or 256 key length. Although other algorithms should be possible to implement as well.

It will return a stream that can be read, and will emit the resource decrypted from byte start to byte end specified.

How to use

var partialDecryptStream = require('cbc-partial-decrypt')
 
var opts = {
  mode: 'aes-cbc-256', // which encryption algorithm and mode to use, passed directly to internal decipher
  keyLength: 256, // They keylength to use, to generate the Buffer version if password as a string is used
  password: 'password', // The password to use, either text or Buffer
  iv: 'd', // optional: initial IV with which the file was encrypted. If blank, the default one will be used
  start: 0, // optional: first byte to receive. Default 0
  end: 250, // optional: last byte to receive, included. Default until end of file
  // Function that should have the same signature as fs.createReadStream, and should
  // return a stream that reads the resource to decrypt. opts will have `start` and `end`.
  // They will be different to the ones above, as this function will require the resource needed
  // to also get the IV, and handles the blocksize of AES, so every part can be properly decrypted
  encrypted: function (opts) {
    return fs.createReadStream('path', opts)
  }
}
 
partialDecryptStream(opts).pipe(process.stdout) // prints partial resource

Notes

Specify end byte

This library uses setAutoPadding(false) on the internal crypto.createDecipheriv(), so it is recommended to know the original size of the resource, and use it as end when reading until the end of the file, as the default padding will be emitted as data as well, unless cut out.

Non-stream mode

The library only offers to return back a stream, but the method should work aswell done synchronously with a part of the resource. Happy to accept PR with this functionality.

Other algorithms

As CBC is the block mode, but not the algoritmh itself, it should also be possible to implement this method with different cryptographic algorithms. Happy to accept PR with this functionality.