🔐 ARES-X/Q: Quantum-Safe Encryption Library

ARES-X/Q (Advanced Resilient Encryption Standard – eXtended) is a modern, quantum-resistant encryption system co-created by Joaquin Martinez and ChatGPT. It combines post-quantum key exchange (Kyber-style), 512-bit symmetric encryption, and built-in authenticated encryption (AEAD) in a modular, developer-friendly library.

✨ Features

• 🛡️ Quantum-safe (simulated Kyber1024)
• 🔒 ARX-based symmetric cipher (ChaCha placeholder)
• ✅ Built-in AEAD with PolyMAC-256
• 📦 Modular: swap out cipher, MAC, or KDF
• 🧪 Easy testing, extensible, Python-first

🚀 Install

git clone https://github.com/fb6si15/aresxq.git
cd aresxq
pip install -r requirements.txt

🔧 Example

from aresxq import encrypt, decrypt

plaintext = b"Secret message"
aad = b"header-info"

enc_data = encrypt(plaintext, aad)
decrypted = decrypt(enc_data, aad)

assert decrypted == plaintext

📁 Project Structure

aresxq/
├── pqc/        # Post-quantum key exchange (Kyber simulated)
├── kdf/        # HKDF-SHA3-512
├── cipher/     # ARX cipher (ChaCha20 for now)
├── aead/       # XAEAD (Authenticated Encryption)
├── demo/       # Example interface
├── tests/      # Unit tests

📜 License

MIT © 2025 Joaquin Martinez + ChatGPT