Breaking API changes:

SecretKey renamed to SecretBox.

Start of automatic wiping.
Documentation additions and corrections.

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Updated Crystal bindings for the [libsodium API](https://libsodium.gitbook.io/do
     - [x] ChaCha20
   - [ ] One time auth
   - [ ] Padding
+  - [?] Semi-automatic memory wiping.
 
 ☑ Indicate specs are compared against test vectors from another source.
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ public_key.verify_detached message, signature
 
 ### Secret Key Encryption
 ```crystal
-key = Cox::SecretKey.random
+key = Cox::SecretKey.new
 
 message = "foobar"
 encrypted, nonce = key.encrypt_easy message

spec/cox/secret_box_spec.cr

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require "../spec_helper"
 
-describe Cox::SecretKey do
+describe Cox::SecretBox do
   it "encrypts/decrypts" do
-    key = Cox::SecretKey.random
+    key = Cox::SecretBox.new
 
     message = "foobar"
     encrypted, nonce = key.encrypt_easy message

src/cox.cr

@@ -8,37 +8,14 @@ module Cox
     class DecryptionFailed < Error
     end
   end
+
+  def self.memzero(bytes : Bytes)
+    LibSodium.sodium_memzero bytes, bytes.bytesize
+  end
 end
 
 require "./cox/**"
 
-module Cox
-  def self.encrypt(data, nonce : Nonce, recipient_public_key : CryptoBox::PublicKey, sender_secret_key : CryptoBox::SecretKey)
-    data_buffer = data.to_slice
-    data_size = data_buffer.bytesize
-    output_buffer = Bytes.new(data_buffer.bytesize + LibSodium::MAC_SIZE)
-    if LibSodium.crypto_box_easy(output_buffer.to_slice, data_buffer, data_size, nonce.to_slice, recipient_public_key.to_slice, sender_secret_key.to_slice) != 0
-      raise Error.new("crypto_box_easy")
-    end
-    output_buffer
-  end
-
-  def self.encrypt(data, recipient_public_key : CryptoBox::PublicKey, sender_secret_key : CryptoBox::SecretKey)
-    nonce = Nonce.new
-    {nonce, encrypt(data, nonce, recipient_public_key, sender_secret_key)}
-  end
-
-  def self.decrypt(data, nonce : Nonce, sender_public_key : CryptoBox::PublicKey, recipient_secret_key : CryptoBox::SecretKey)
-    data_buffer = data.to_slice
-    data_size = data_buffer.bytesize
-    output_buffer = Bytes.new(data_buffer.bytesize - LibSodium::MAC_SIZE)
-    if LibSodium.crypto_box_open_easy(output_buffer.to_slice, data_buffer.to_slice, data_size, nonce.to_slice, sender_public_key.to_slice, recipient_secret_key.to_slice) != 0
-      raise Error::DecryptionFailed.new("crypto_box_open_easy")
-    end
-    output_buffer
-  end
-end
-
 if Cox::LibSodium.sodium_init == -1
   abort "Failed to init libsodium"
 end

src/cox/crypto_box/pair.cr

@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ require "../lib_sodium"
 
 module Cox::CryptoBox
   class Pair
-    # TODO: precompute using crypto_box_beforenm
+    include Wipe
+
+    # BUG: precompute size
+    @bytes = Bytes.new(1)
+
     def initialize(@secret_key : SecretKey, @public_key : PublicKey)
+      # TODO: precompute using crypto_box_beforenm
     end
 
     def encrypt_easy(src)
@@ -25,8 +30,5 @@ module Cox::CryptoBox
     end
 
     # TODO detached
-    def close
-      # TODO: wipe state
-    end
   end
 end

src/cox/crypto_box/public_key.cr

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require "../lib_sodium"
 
 module Cox::CryptoBox
   class PublicKey < Key
+    include Wipe
     KEY_SIZE = LibSodium::PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE
 
     getter bytes : Bytes

src/cox/crypto_box/secret_key.cr

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require "../lib_sodium"
 
 module Cox::CryptoBox
   class SecretKey < Key
+    include Wipe
     KEY_SIZE = LibSodium::SECRET_KEY_SIZE
     MAC_SIZE = LibSodium::MAC_SIZE
 
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ module Cox::CryptoBox
       @public_key = PublicKey.new pkey
     end
 
-    def pair(public_key)
+    # Return a Pair containing a precomputed shared secret for use with encryption/decryption.
+    def pair(public_key) : Pair
       Pair.new self, public_key
     end
 
-    # Create a new pair and automatically close when exiting the block.
+    # Create a new pair and automatically close when the block exits.
     def pair(public_key)
       pa = pair public_key
       begin

src/cox/lib_sodium.cr

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module Cox
     fun crypto_generichash_blake2b_keybytes_max : LibC::SizeT
     fun crypto_generichash_blake2b_saltbytes : LibC::SizeT
     fun crypto_generichash_blake2b_personalbytes : LibC::SizeT
+    fun sodium_memzero(Pointer(LibC::UChar), LibC::SizeT) : Nil
 
     PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE  = crypto_box_publickeybytes()
     SECRET_KEY_SIZE  = crypto_box_secretkeybytes()

src/cox/secret_box.cr

@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
 require "./lib_sodium"
 
 module Cox
-  class SecretKey < Key
-    property bytes : Bytes
-
+  # [https://libsodium.gitbook.io/doc/secret-key_cryptography](https://libsodium.gitbook.io/doc/secret-key_cryptography)
+  #
+  # ```crystal
+  # key = Cox::SecretKey.new
+  # message = "foobar"
+  # encrypted, nonce = key.encrypt_easy message
+  #
+  # # On the other side.
+  # key = Cox::SecretKey.new key
+  # message = key.decrypt_easy encrypted, nonce
+  # ```
+  class SecretBox < Key
     KEY_SIZE = LibSodium::SECRET_KEY_SIZE
     MAC_SIZE = LibSodium::MAC_SIZE
 
+    property bytes : Bytes
+
+    # Generate a new random key.
+    def initialize
+      @bytes = Random::Secure.random_bytes(KEY_SIZE)
+    end
+
+    # Use an existing key from bytes.
     def initialize(@bytes : Bytes)
       if bytes.bytesize != KEY_SIZE
         raise ArgumentError.new("Secret key must be #{KEY_SIZE} bytes, got #{bytes.bytesize}")
       end
     end
 
-    def self.random
-      new Random::Secure.random_bytes(KEY_SIZE)
-    end
-
     def encrypt_easy(data)
       encrypt_easy data.to_slice
     end

src/cox/sign/public_key.cr

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require "../lib_sodium"
 
 module Cox
   class Sign::PublicKey < Key
+    include Wipe
     KEY_SIZE = LibSodium::PUBLIC_SIGN_SIZE
 
     getter bytes : Bytes

src/cox/sign/secret_key.cr

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require "../lib_sodium"
 
 module Cox
   class Sign::SecretKey < Cox::Key
+    include Wipe
     KEY_SIZE = LibSodium::SECRET_SIGN_SIZE
 
     getter bytes : Bytes

src/cox/wipe.cr

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module Cox::Wipe
+  @closed = false
+
+  def close
+    return if @closed
+    wipe
+    @closed = true
+  end
+
+  protected def wipe
+    return if @closed
+    Cox.memzero @bytes
+  end
+
+  def finalize
+    wipe # Don't call close.  May be overridden with calls unsafe within finalize.
+  end
+end