From f3c777d5eaa682d878c638192311e52f9c204294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Lackner Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 13:30:04 +0100 Subject: main: Add '-devrandom' commandline option Allows to use /dev/random for generating the master key instead of the default Go implementation. When the kernel random generator has been properly initialized both are considered equally secure, however: * Versions of Go prior to 1.9 just fall back to /dev/urandom if the getrandom() syscall would be blocking (Go Bug #19274) * Kernel versions prior to 3.17 do not support getrandom(), and there is no check if the random generator has been properly initialized before reading from /dev/urandom This is especially useful for embedded hardware with low-entroy. Please note that generation of the master key might block indefinitely if the kernel cannot harvest enough entropy. --- internal/configfile/config_file.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- internal/configfile/config_test.go | 13 ++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'internal/configfile') diff --git a/internal/configfile/config_file.go b/internal/configfile/config_file.go index fea4a84..67d67f0 100644 --- a/internal/configfile/config_file.go +++ b/internal/configfile/config_file.go @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package configfile import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" + "io" "io/ioutil" + "log" "github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/contentenc" "github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/cryptocore" @@ -47,10 +49,25 @@ type ConfFile struct { filename string } +// randBytesDevRandom gets "n" random bytes from /dev/random or panics +func randBytesDevRandom(n int) []byte { + f, err := os.Open("/dev/random") + if err != nil { + log.Panic("Failed to open /dev/random: " + err.Error()) + } + defer f.Close() + b := make([]byte, n) + _, err = io.ReadFull(f, b) + if err != nil { + log.Panic("Failed to read random bytes: " + err.Error()) + } + return b +} + // CreateConfFile - create a new config with a random key encrypted with // "password" and write it to "filename". // Uses scrypt with cost parameter logN. -func CreateConfFile(filename string, password string, plaintextNames bool, logN int, creator string, aessiv bool) error { +func CreateConfFile(filename string, password string, plaintextNames bool, logN int, creator string, aessiv bool, devrandom bool) error { var cf ConfFile cf.filename = filename cf.Creator = creator @@ -72,7 +89,12 @@ func CreateConfFile(filename string, password string, plaintextNames bool, logN } // Generate new random master key - key := cryptocore.RandBytes(cryptocore.KeyLen) + var key []byte + if devrandom { + key = randBytesDevRandom(cryptocore.KeyLen) + } else { + key = cryptocore.RandBytes(cryptocore.KeyLen) + } // Encrypt it using the password // This sets ScryptObject and EncryptedKey diff --git a/internal/configfile/config_test.go b/internal/configfile/config_test.go index dc796ea..b984a37 100644 --- a/internal/configfile/config_test.go +++ b/internal/configfile/config_test.go @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestLoadV2StrangeFeature(t *testing.T) { } func TestCreateConfDefault(t *testing.T) { - err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", false, 10, "test", false) + err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", false, 10, "test", false, false) if err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } @@ -80,8 +80,15 @@ func TestCreateConfDefault(t *testing.T) { } } +func TestCreateConfDevRandom(t *testing.T) { + err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", false, 10, "test", false, true) + if err != nil { + t.Fatal(err) + } +} + func TestCreateConfPlaintextnames(t *testing.T) { - err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", true, 10, "test", false) + err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", true, 10, "test", false, false) if err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } @@ -102,7 +109,7 @@ func TestCreateConfPlaintextnames(t *testing.T) { // Reverse mode uses AESSIV func TestCreateConfFileAESSIV(t *testing.T) { - err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", false, 10, "test", true) + err := CreateConfFile("config_test/tmp.conf", "test", false, 10, "test", true, false) if err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } -- cgit v1.2.3