Tochcrypt

Author:

Eric Octavio Rodriguez Garcia (Mroctavious)

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Abstract

Encryption is a process to protect the data by means of an encryption associated with a key so that the information is not visible, this with the aim of protecting the information of third parties that are not authorized to view it, for this we use a symmetric encryption algorithm called Hill Cipher (HC). The HC algorithm fits perfectly to the resolution of the problem since it is used with an N * N matrix to encrypt the data of a file.

• This kind of encryption can help people to share evidence of corruption without the risk of the message being intercepted.
• Can help you to keep your nudes safe.
• Only the person with the key can view the content of the file.

This a project I have been working during my studies at the university, here is the article: Revista NTHE, 23: 1-5, 2018 ISSN: 2007-9079 http://nthe.mx/archivos/revista23.php

New Features!

• Now you can encrypt any kind of file, no matter the format.
• Created a parallel version for the use of tegra devices with CUDA.

Details:

• Works incredibly fast using "Unified Memory" in Nvidia Jetson devices.
• It is an artisan work since I programmed it with standard libraries. You should not have problems with compilation and dependencies.
• Using the power of C++ and C to provide a very fast program with very low memory consumption.
• It creates a shared library so you can include Tochcrypt to your other programs.

Building for source

First clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/mroctavious/Tochcrypt.git

For production release under any Linux distro. This command will create executable(Tochcrypt) and also a shared library called libtochcrypt.so in the PREFIX folder(Default:/usr/local):

$ sudo make install

To create the program using the power of Nvidia GPUs with CUDA. This command will create executable(Tochcrypt) in the current folder

$ make cuda

To create the program under OSX. This command will create executable(Tochcrypt) in the current folder

$ make osx

Using the software

When you compile the source code it will generate an executable program called Tochcrypt.

$ Tochcrypt --help

Encrypting

To encrypt a file just execute the following command, replacing "PATH/TO/FILE" with the path to your file to be encrypted and "PATH/TO/OUTPUT_NAME" with the name of the output generated. The program will generate 2 output files:

• OUTPUT_NAME
  • Encrypted File
• OUTPUT_NAME.tochkey
  • Key file. This file is the "key" to open the encrypted file and read the original content

$ Tochcrypt -e PATH/TO/FILE -o PATH/TO/OUTPUT_NAME

Decrypting

To restore the original file, it must go through a decryption process. To do this use the --decrypt(-d) and --key(-k) options, just execute the following command, replacing "PATH/TO/ENCRYPTED_FILE" with the path to your encrypted file, "PATH/TO/KEY_FILE" with the path to the key file(.tochkey) and "PATH/TO/OUTPUT_NAME" with the name of the output generated. The program will generate 1 output file:

• OUTPUT_NAME
  • Decrypted file. It is the original file.

$ Tochcrypt -d PATH/TO/ENCRYPTED_FILE -k PATH/TO/KEY_FILE \ 
-o PATH/TO/OUTPUT_NAME

Todos

• Write version for GPUs not capable of using Unified Memory
• Implement the proposed Gauss-Jacques method to obtain modular inverse matrices variable sized without a theoretical limit. This will allow us to create very big matrix keys, doing the processs unhackable using brute force. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327895519_The_proposed_Gauss-Jacques_method_to_obtain_modular_inverse_matrices_variable_sized_without_a_theoretical_limit)

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 Eric Octavio Rodriguez Garcia

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