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@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ LoopbackFileSystem API. This project was inspired by [EncFS](https://github.com/vgough/encfs) and strives to fix its security issues (see EncFS tickets 9, 13, 14, 16). +For details on the security of GoCryptFS see the +[SECURITY.md](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/blob/master/SECURITY.md) +document. Current Status -------------- @@ -20,99 +23,6 @@ Install go get github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs -Security --------- - -"Security" can be split into "Confidentiality" and "Integrity". The -security level gocryptfs provides for each is discussed in the next -sections. - -Confidentiality ---------------- - -Confidentiality means that information cannot be extracted from the -encrypted data unless you know the key. - -### File Contents - -* All file contents (even the last bytes) are encrypted using AES-256-GCM - * This is unbreakable in the foreseeable future. Attacks will focus on - cracking the password instead (see section "Master Key Storage"). -* Files are segmented into 4096 byte blocks -* Each block gets a fresh random 96 bit IV (none) each time it is written. - * This means that identical blocks can not be identified - -### File Names - -* File names are encrypted using AES-256-CBC because it is robust even - without using an IV -* The file names are padded to multiples of 16 bytes - * This means that the exact length of the name is hidden, only length - ranges (1-16 bytes, 17-32 bytes etc.) can be determined from the encrypted - files -* For technical reasons, no IV is used - * This means that files with the same name within one gocryptfs filesystem - always get the same encrypted name - -### Metadata - -* The size of the file is not hidden. The exact file size can be calculated - from the size of the encrypted file. -* File owner, file permissions and timestamps are not hidden either - -Integrity ---------- - -Integrity means that the data cannot be modified in a meaningful way -unless you have the key. The opposite of integrity is *malleability*. - -### File Contents - -* The used encryption, AES-256-GCM, is a variant of - *authenticated encryption*. Each block gets a 128 bit authentication - tag (GMAC) appended. - * This means that any modification inside block will be detected when reading - the block and decryption will be aborted. The failure is logged and an - I/O error is returned to the user. -* Each block uses its block number as GCM *authentication data* - * This means the position of the blocks is protected as well. The blocks - can not be reordered without causing an decryption error. -* However, proper affiliation of a block to the file is not checked. - * This means that blocks can be copied between different files provided - that they stay at the same position. -* For technical reasons (sparse files), the special "all-zero" block is - seen as a valid block that decrypts to an all-zero block. - -### File Names - -* File names are only weakly protected against modifications. - * Changing a single byte causes a decode error in at least 255 of 256 - cases. The failure is logged and the file is no longer visible in the - directory. - * If no decode error is triggered, at least 16 bytes of the filename will - be corrupted (randomized). -* However, file names can always be truncated to multiples of 16 bytes. - -### Metadata - -* The file size is not protected against modifications - * However, the block integrity protection limits modifications to block - size granularity. - * This means that files can be truncated to multiples of 4096 bytes. -* Ownership, timestamp and permissions are not protected and can be changed - -Master Key Storage ------------------- - -The *master key* is used to perform file decryption and encryption. -It is stored in `gocryptfs.conf` encrypted with AES-256-GCM using the -*unlock key*. - -The unlock key is generated from a user password using `scrypt`. -A sucessful decryption of the master key means that the authentication -passed and the password is correct. The master key is then used to -mount the filesystem. - Performance ----------- @@ -121,7 +31,8 @@ Performance for a 3x speedup compared to `crypto/cipher` (see [go-vs-openssl.md](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/blob/master/openssl_benchmark/go-vs-openssl.md)) for details Run `./benchmark.bash` to run the test suite and the streaming read/write -benchmark. +benchmark. The benchmark is run twice, first with native Go crypto and +second using openssl. The output should look like this: |