Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Python.
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pip install eciespy
>>> from ecies.utils import generate_eth_key, generate_key
>>> from ecies import encrypt, decrypt
>>> eth_k = generate_eth_key()
>>> sk_hex = eth_k.to_hex() # hex string
>>> pk_hex = eth_k.public_key.to_hex() # hex string
>>> data = b'this is a test'
>>> decrypt(sk_hex, encrypt(pk_hex, data))
b'this is a test'
>>> secp_k = generate_key()
>>> sk_bytes = secp_k.secret # bytes
>>> pk_bytes = secp_k.public_key.format(True) # bytes
>>> decrypt(sk_bytes, encrypt(pk_bytes, data))
b'this is a test'Or just use a builtin command eciespy in your favorite command line.
Parameters:
- receiver_pk - Receiver's public key (hex str or bytes)
- msg - Data to encrypt
Returns: bytes
Parameters:
- receiver_sk - Receiver's private key (hex str or bytes)
- msg - Data to decrypt
Returns: bytes
$ eciespy -h
usage: eciespy [-h] [-e] [-d] [-g] [-k KEY] [-D [DATA]] [-O [OUT]]
Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Python
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-e, --encrypt encrypt with public key, exclusive with -d
-d, --decrypt decrypt with private key, exclusive with -e
-g, --generate generate ethereum key pair
-k KEY, --key KEY public or private key file
-D [DATA], --data [DATA]
file to encrypt or decrypt, if not specified, it will
read from stdin
-O [OUT], --out [OUT]
encrypted or decrypted file, if not specified, it will
write to stdout$ eciespy -g
Private: 0x95d3c5e483e9b1d4f5fc8e79b2deaf51362980de62dbb082a9a4257eef653d7d
Public: 0x98afe4f150642cd05cc9d2fa36458ce0a58567daeaf5fde7333ba9b403011140a4e28911fcf83ab1f457a30b4959efc4b9306f514a4c3711a16a80e3b47eb58b
Address: 0x47e801184B3a8ea8E6A4A7A4CFEfEcC76809Da72$ echo '0x95d3c5e483e9b1d4f5fc8e79b2deaf51362980de62dbb082a9a4257eef653d7d' > sk
$ echo '0x98afe4f150642cd05cc9d2fa36458ce0a58567daeaf5fde7333ba9b403011140a4e28911fcf83ab1f457a30b4959efc4b9306f514a4c3711a16a80e3b47eb58b' > pk
$ echo 'hello ecies' | eciespy -e -k pk | eciespy -d -k sk
hello ecies
$ echo 'data to encrypt' > data
$ eciespy -e -k pk -D data -O enc_data
$ eciespy -d -k sk -D enc_data
data to encrypt
$ rm sk pk data enc_dataEphemeral key format in the payload and shared key in the key derivation can be configured as compressed or uncompressed format.
SymmetricAlgorithm = Literal["aes-256-gcm", "xchacha20"]
NonceLength = Literal[12, 16] # only for aes-256-gcm, xchacha20 will always be 24
COMPRESSED_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE = 33
UNCOMPRESSED_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE = 65
@dataclass()
class Config:
is_ephemeral_key_compressed: bool = False
is_hkdf_key_compressed: bool = False
symmetric_algorithm: SymmetricAlgorithm = "aes-256-gcm"
symmetric_nonce_length: NonceLength = 16
@property
def ephemeral_key_size(self):
return (
COMPRESSED_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE
if self.is_ephemeral_key_compressed
else UNCOMPRESSED_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE
)
ECIES_CONFIG = Config()On is_ephemeral_key_compressed = true, the payload would be like: 33 Bytes + AES instead of 65 Bytes + AES.
On is_hkdf_key_compressed = true, the hkdf key would be derived from ephemeral public key (compressed) + shared public key (compressed) instead of ephemeral public key (uncompressed) + shared public key (uncompressed).
On symmetric_algorithm = "xchacha20", plaintext data would be encrypted with XChaCha20-Poly1305.
On symmetric_nonce_length = 12, then the nonce of AES-256-GCM would be 12 bytes. XChaCha20-Poly1305's nonce is always 24 bytes.
For compatibility, make sure different applications share the same configuration.
They are moved to DETAILS.md.
See CHANGELOG.md.