Add AES cipher module

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add an `Encryption` module that uses AES-GCM [#152].
+
+### Changed
+
+- Use AES-GCM from the `Encryption` module throughout the code, instead of `PoseidonCipher`.
+
+### Removed 
+
+- Remove the `Message` module.
+
 ## [0.26.0] - 2024-04-10
 
 ### Changed
@@ -261,7 +273,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Removal of anyhow error implementation.
 - Canonical implementation shielded by feature.
 
-<!-- VERSIONS -->
+<!-- ISSUES -->
+[#152]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/issues/152
 [#136]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/issues/136
 [#126]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/issues/126
 [#119]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/issues/119
@@ -282,7 +295,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#67]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/issues/67
 [#61]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/issues/61
 
-<!-- ISSUES -->
+<!-- VERSIONS -->
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/compare/v0.26.0...HEAD
 [0.26.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/compare/v0.25.0...v0.26.0
 [0.25.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/phoenix-core/compare/v0.24.0...v0.25.0

Cargo.toml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ subtle = { version = "^2.2.1", default-features = false }
 rkyv = { version = "0.7", optional = true, default-features = false }
 bytecheck = { version = "0.6", optional = true, default-features = false }
 ff = { version = "0.13", default-features = false }
+aes-gcm = "0.10"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = "1.3"

src/convert.rs

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
+use crate::note::ENCRYPTION_SIZE;
 use crate::note::TRANSPARENT_BLINDER;
 use crate::{Crossover, Error, Fee, Note, NoteType, Remainder};
 
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
-use dusk_bls12_381::BlsScalar;
+use dusk_bytes::Serializable;
 use dusk_jubjub::{JubJubScalar, GENERATOR_EXTENDED, GENERATOR_NUMS_EXTENDED};
-use dusk_poseidon::cipher::PoseidonCipher;
 
 impl From<(Fee, Crossover)> for Note {
     fn from((fee, crossover): (Fee, Crossover)) -> Note {
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ impl From<(Fee, Crossover)> for Note {
         } = fee;
         let Crossover {
             value_commitment,
-            nonce,
-            encrypted_data,
+            encryption,
             ..
         } = crossover;
 
@@ -30,10 +29,9 @@ impl From<(Fee, Crossover)> for Note {
         Note {
             note_type,
             value_commitment,
-            nonce,
             stealth_address,
             pos,
-            encrypted_data,
+            encryption,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -49,8 +47,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Note> for (Fee, Crossover) {
                 let Note {
                     stealth_address,
                     value_commitment,
-                    nonce,
-                    encrypted_data,
+                    encryption,
                     ..
                 } = note;
 
@@ -62,8 +59,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Note> for (Fee, Crossover) {
                     },
                     Crossover {
                         value_commitment,
-                        nonce,
-                        encrypted_data,
+                        encryption,
                     },
                 ))
             }
@@ -79,28 +75,20 @@ impl From<Remainder> for Note {
 
         let stealth_address = remainder.stealth_address;
         let value = remainder.gas_changes;
-        let nonce = BlsScalar::zero();
 
         let value_commitment = JubJubScalar::from(value);
         let value_commitment = (GENERATOR_EXTENDED * value_commitment)
             + (GENERATOR_NUMS_EXTENDED * TRANSPARENT_BLINDER);
 
-        let encrypted_data = {
-            let zero = TRANSPARENT_BLINDER.into();
-            let mut encrypted_data = [zero; PoseidonCipher::cipher_size()];
-
-            encrypted_data[0] = BlsScalar::from(value);
-
-            PoseidonCipher::new(encrypted_data)
-        };
+        let mut encryption = [0u8; ENCRYPTION_SIZE];
+        encryption[..u64::SIZE].copy_from_slice(&value.to_bytes());
 
         Note {
             note_type,
             value_commitment,
-            nonce,
             stealth_address,
             pos,
-            encrypted_data,
+            encryption,
         }
     }
 }

src/crossover.rs

@@ -6,37 +6,44 @@
 
 //! Fee module contains the logic related to `Crossover` structure
 
-use dusk_bls12_381::BlsScalar;
 use dusk_bytes::{DeserializableSlice, Error as BytesError, Serializable};
 use dusk_jubjub::{JubJubAffine, JubJubExtended};
-use dusk_poseidon::cipher::PoseidonCipher;
-use dusk_poseidon::sponge;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "rkyv-impl")]
 use rkyv::{Archive, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::note::ENCRYPTION_SIZE;
+
 /// Crossover structure containing obfuscated encrypted data
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "rkyv-impl",
     derive(Archive, Serialize, Deserialize),
     archive_attr(derive(bytecheck::CheckBytes))
 )]
 pub struct Crossover {
     pub(crate) value_commitment: JubJubExtended,
-    pub(crate) nonce: BlsScalar,
-    pub(crate) encrypted_data: PoseidonCipher,
+    pub(crate) encryption: [u8; ENCRYPTION_SIZE],
+}
+
+impl Default for Crossover {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value_commitment: JubJubExtended::default(),
+            encryption: [0; ENCRYPTION_SIZE],
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl PartialEq for Crossover {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self.hash() == other.hash()
+        self.value_commitment() == other.value_commitment()
     }
 }
 
 impl Eq for Crossover {}
 
-impl Serializable<{ 64 + PoseidonCipher::SIZE }> for Crossover {
+impl Serializable<{ 32 + ENCRYPTION_SIZE }> for Crossover {
     type Error = BytesError;
 
     /// Converts a Crossover into it's byte representation
@@ -46,8 +53,7 @@ impl Serializable<{ 64 + PoseidonCipher::SIZE }> for Crossover {
         buf[..32].copy_from_slice(
             &JubJubAffine::from(&self.value_commitment).to_bytes(),
         );
-        buf[32..64].copy_from_slice(&self.nonce.to_bytes());
-        buf[64..].copy_from_slice(&self.encrypted_data.to_bytes());
+        buf[32..].copy_from_slice(&self.encryption);
         buf
     }
 
@@ -56,57 +62,25 @@ impl Serializable<{ 64 + PoseidonCipher::SIZE }> for Crossover {
     fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8; Self::SIZE]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let value_commitment =
             JubJubExtended::from(JubJubAffine::from_slice(&bytes[..32])?);
-        let nonce = BlsScalar::from_slice(&bytes[32..])?;
 
-        let encrypted_data = PoseidonCipher::from_slice(&bytes[64..])?;
+        let mut encryption = [0u8; ENCRYPTION_SIZE];
+        encryption.copy_from_slice(&bytes[32..]);
 
         Ok(Crossover {
             value_commitment,
-            nonce,
-            encrypted_data,
+            encryption,
         })
     }
 }
 
 impl Crossover {
-    /// Represent the crossover as a sequence of scalars to be used as input for
-    /// sponge hash functions
-    ///
-    /// It is composed by 3 scalars, in order:
-    /// * Value commitment X
-    /// * Value commitment Y
-    /// * Nonce
-    ///
-    /// And also appends the scalars that composes the [`PoseidonCipher`]
-    pub fn to_hash_inputs(
-        &self,
-    ) -> [BlsScalar; 3 + PoseidonCipher::cipher_size()] {
-        let mut inputs = [BlsScalar::zero(); 3 + PoseidonCipher::cipher_size()];
-
-        inputs[..2].copy_from_slice(&self.value_commitment().to_hash_inputs());
-        inputs[2] = self.nonce;
-        inputs[3..].copy_from_slice(self.encrypted_data.cipher());
-
-        inputs
-    }
-
-    /// Sponge hash of the crossover hash inputs representation
-    pub fn hash(&self) -> BlsScalar {
-        sponge::hash(&self.to_hash_inputs())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the Nonce used for the encrypt / decrypt of data for this note
-    pub const fn nonce(&self) -> &BlsScalar {
-        &self.nonce
-    }
-
     /// Returns the value commitment `H(value, blinding_factor)`
     pub const fn value_commitment(&self) -> &JubJubExtended {
         &self.value_commitment
     }
 
     /// Returns the encrypted data
-    pub const fn encrypted_data(&self) -> &PoseidonCipher {
-        &self.encrypted_data
+    pub const fn encryption(&self) -> &[u8; ENCRYPTION_SIZE] {
+        &self.encryption
     }
 }

src/encryption.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+//
+// Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
+
+use dusk_jubjub::JubJubAffine;
+use rand_core::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
+
+use aes_gcm::{
+    aead::{Aead, AeadCore, KeyInit},
+    Aes256Gcm, Key,
+};
+
+use crate::Error;
+
+const NONCE_SIZE: usize = 12;
+
+/// Size of the extra encryption data required by the
+/// cipher: the nonce (12 bytes) and the tag (16 bytes)
+pub const ENCRYPTION_EXTRA_SIZE: usize = NONCE_SIZE + 16;
+
+/// Encrypts a plaintext given a shared DH secret key, returning a vector
+/// containing a nonce and the ciphertext (which includes the tag)
+pub fn encrypt<R: RngCore + CryptoRng, const ENCRYPTION_SIZE: usize>(
+    shared_secret_key: &JubJubAffine,
+    plaintext: &[u8],
+    rng: &mut R,
+) -> Result<[u8; ENCRYPTION_SIZE], Error> {
+    // To encrypt using AES256 we need 32-bytes keys. Thus, we use
+    // the 32-bytes serialization of the 64-bytes DH key.
+    let key = shared_secret_key.to_bytes();
+    let key = Key::<Aes256Gcm>::from_slice(&key);
+
+    let cipher = Aes256Gcm::new(key);
+    let nonce = Aes256Gcm::generate_nonce(rng);
+    let ciphertext = cipher.encrypt(&nonce, plaintext.as_ref())?;
+
+    let mut encryption = [0u8; ENCRYPTION_SIZE];
+
+    encryption[..NONCE_SIZE].copy_from_slice(&nonce);
+    encryption[NONCE_SIZE..].copy_from_slice(&ciphertext);
+
+    Ok(encryption)
+}
+
+/// Decrypts an encryption (nonce + ciphertext) given a shared DH secret key,
+/// returning the plaintext
+pub fn decrypt<const PLAINTEXT_SIZE: usize>(
+    shared_secret_key: &JubJubAffine,
+    encryption: &[u8],
+) -> Result<[u8; PLAINTEXT_SIZE], Error> {
+    // To decrypt using AES256 we need 32-bytes keys. Thus, we use
+    // the 32-bytes serialization of the 64-bytes DH key.
+    let key = shared_secret_key.to_bytes();
+    let key = Key::<Aes256Gcm>::from_slice(&key);
+
+    let nonce = &encryption[..NONCE_SIZE];
+    let ciphertext = &encryption[NONCE_SIZE..];
+
+    let cipher = Aes256Gcm::new(key);
+
+    let mut plaintext = [0u8; PLAINTEXT_SIZE];
+    plaintext.copy_from_slice(&cipher.decrypt(nonce.into(), ciphertext)?);
+
+    Ok(plaintext)
+}

src/error.rs

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
+use aes_gcm::Error as AesError;
 use core::fmt;
 use dusk_bytes::{BadLength, Error as DuskBytesError, InvalidChar};
 
+extern crate alloc;
+
 /// All possible errors for Phoenix's Core
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -25,8 +28,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     InvalidCrossoverConversion,
     /// Invalid Fee for conversion
     InvalidFeeConversion,
-    /// Failure to decrypt
-    Decryption,
+    /// Failure to encrypt / decrypt
+    BadEncryption,
     /// Invalid Value Commitment
     InvalidCommitment,
     /// Invalid Nonce
@@ -45,6 +48,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<AesError> for Error {
+    fn from(aes_error: AesError) -> Self {
+        match aes_error {
+            AesError => Self::BadEncryption,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Error> for DuskBytesError {
     fn from(err: Error) -> Self {
         match err {

src/lib.rs

@@ -21,14 +21,17 @@ pub mod crossover;
 pub mod error;
 /// Fee
 pub mod fee;
-/// Message representation
-pub mod message;
 /// Transparent and Obfuscated Notes
 pub mod note;
 
 /// Phoenix Core Keys & Addresses
 mod keys;
 
+/// Encryption and decryption methods
+mod encryption;
+
+/// Encryption and decryption methods
+pub use encryption::{decrypt, encrypt, ENCRYPTION_EXTRA_SIZE};
 /// Hash function
 pub use keys::hash;
 /// Public (Spend) Key
@@ -48,7 +51,6 @@ pub use crossover::Crossover;
 pub use error::Error;
 pub use fee::Fee;
 pub use fee::Remainder;
-pub use message::Message;
 pub use note::{Note, NoteType};
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub use transaction::Transaction;