@douganderson444/symmetric-proxcryptor-wrapper
v0.0.4
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Simple library which wraps symmetric encryption around proxy re-encryption to make, share, and retrieve encrypted objects.
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Symmetric Proxcryptor Wrapper
Simple library which wraps symmetric encryption around proxy re-encryption to make, share, and retrieve encrypted objects.
Why
The Proxcryptor from @peerpiper/iframe-wallet-sdk
(via the browser connector) gives you the ability to:
- [x]
selfEncrypt
data with your ed25519 private key - [x]
selfDecrypt
data with your ed25519 private key - [x]
transformEncrypt
data for another ed25519 public - [x]
reDecrypt
others' data data with your ed25519 private key
First, if that data
is large, you'll likely want to symmetrically encrypt it first, then reEncrypt that symmetric key using transformEncrypt
instead of transforming that data directly (since it's faster).
Second, the selfEncrypted key needs to be saved somewhere. JWE gives us the ability to add the key to the JWE object as Additional Authenticated Data (AAD), so the encryptedKey can easily yet securely be found witht the data object, making it convenient to transform for others when desired.
That is what this library does for you. Without this library, you'd have to do all of that manually.
API
import { SymJoseCryptor } from '@douganderson444/symmetric-proxcryptor-wrapper';
// get a `wallet` instance from https://www.npmjs.com/package/@peerpiper/web3-wallet-connector
const cryptor = new SymJoseCryptor(wallet.proxcryptor);
// self-encrypt a secret
const tag = 'MySecret';
const jwe = await cryptor.encryptTagSecrets({ secret: 'shhh just between us' }, tag);
// you can decrypt it yourself
const selfDecrypted = await cryptor.selfDecrypt(jwe);
// Typically, you will pass in another public key (base64, base58 or hex) to grant access to the secret
const theirReEncryptedKey = await cryptor.transform(publicKey, tag, jwe);
// on their machine
// now they can use this library to decrypt it
const decrypted = await cryptor.decrypt(theirReEncryptedKey, jwe); // {secret: 'shhh just between us'}
Integrations
Designed to work with any proxcryptor interoperable with the protocol at @peerpiper/iframe-wallet-sdk