robocrypt 4.2.4

Simple encryption library that handles the background details for you.

Robocrypt

Super strong python3 encryption program with file and folder support

Due to the encryption algorithm in use here, large files should not be encrypted with this tool. Robocrypt keeps data in memory while encrypting/decrypting, so depending on the RAM in your system there will be a limit on the size of files you can handle with this tool.

Robocrypt is amazing for encrypting small files and folders with sensitive data. It uses symmetric key encryption, plus a salt of random bytes. I guarantee that ain't nobody gonna break the encryption, unless you use a sub-par password.

Documentation Index:

• Installation
• Setup
• Module Documentation
• Command Line Docs

Installation:

pip3 install robocrypt

Setup:

Create a secure directory in /var that only your user can read/write too:

$ sudo mkdir /var/secure
$ sudo chmod 740 /var/secure

If you're using Windows, do the same thing but in C:\secure.
Generate a salt to use when encrypting stuff:

$ robocrypt generate-salt 69173

Make sure that you decrypt anything you've encrypted with your current salt(or back it up) before you change it! Otherwise you will never be able to recover files that you encrypted. If you intend to share encrypted files with someone, you also need to share your salt with them, or they will have serious trouble trying to decrypt the files.

Module robocrypt

Sub-modules

• robocrypt.cli
• robocrypt.info
• robocrypt.library

Module robocrypt.cli

Functions

Function command_line

def command_line()

This is the command line entry point of robocrypt.

Module robocrypt.info

This contains information about the module such as version and author.

Module robocrypt.library

This contains all the core functions used by robocrypt.

Functions

Function decrypt

def decrypt(
    message: bytes,
    password: bytes
) ‑> bytes

Decrypt a chunk of bytes with a password.

Args
message : bytes : The bytes to decrypt

password : bytes : The password to decrypt the message with

Returns
bytes : the decrypted bytes

Function decrypt_file

def decrypt_file(
    filepath: str,
    password: str
)

Decrypts a file and saves it without its robo extension.

Args
filepath : str : The encrypted file to decrypt

password : str : The password to decrypt the file with

Function encrypt

def encrypt(
    message: bytes,
    password: bytes
) ‑> bytes

Encrypts a bytes message using the specified bytes password.

Args
message : bytes : the message to encrypt

password : bytes : the password to encrypt the message with

Returns
bytes : the encrypted bytes

Function encrypt_file

def encrypt_file(
    filepath: str,
    password: str
)

Encrypts a file and saves it with a .robo for file or .robodir extension for directories. I strongly advise that you not mess with the extensions if you want to be able to properly decrypt your files.

Args
filepath : str : The file or directory to encrypt

password : str : the password to encrypt the file with

Function generate_salt

def generate_salt(
    length: int
)

Generates a salt and stores it in the file indicated by the ENV var ROBO_SALT_FILE.

Args
length : int : the number of bytes to contain in the salt

Returns
str : the location of the new salt file

Function get_kdf

def get_kdf()

Gets a KDF object to perform cryptography with.

Returns
PBKDF2HMAC : the KDF to perform encryption/decryption with

Function get_salt

def get_salt(
    salt_file: str = None
) ‑> bytes

Gets the salt bytes used to encrypt and decrypt things.
If a salt file is not specified and the env var ROBO_SALT_FILE is not set, a default salt location for your OS will be used. If there is not a salt at that location, robocrypt will raise an error.
The salt file location is stored in the environment variable ROBO_SALT_FILE. You can modify this environment variable to point to different salt files if desired.

Args
salt_file : str : a custom file to read the salt from.

Returns
str : the salt bytes

Function get_salt_file

def get_salt_file() ‑> str

Returns the location of the salt file used for cryptography.
On Unix systems the salt file is at /var/secure/robocrypt.salt, and on Windows the salt is at C:/secure/robocrypt.salt. If a custom salt is specified in the environment variable ROBO_SALT_FILE, it will be used instead of the OS default.

Returns
str : the path the to salt file

Function read_encrypted_file

def read_encrypted_file(
    filepath: str,
    password: str
) ‑> bytes

Returns the decrypted content of an encrypted file without decrypting the file itself.

Args
filepath : str : the encrypted file to read

password : str : the password to use to read the file

Returns
bytes : the file's decrypted content in bytes

Classes

Class DecryptionError

class DecryptionError

This occurs when an invalid password is used to try to decrypt something, or the wrong salt is used.

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Robocrypt Command Line:

Here is the help for the robocrypt CLI:

usage: robocrypt [-h] [-s SALT_FILE] [-v] {generate-salt,gs,encrypt,en,decrypt,de} ...

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positional arguments:
  {generate-salt,gs,encrypt,en,decrypt,de}
    generate-salt (gs)  generate and save a new random salt of a given length
    encrypt (en)        encrypt a file or directory
    decrypt (de)        decrypt a file or directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s SALT_FILE, --salt-file SALT_FILE
                        specify a salt file to use
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

The commands you can use are these:

• generate-salt or shortcut gs
• encrypt or shortcut en
• decrypt or shortcut de

To specify a salt file to generate, encrypt, or decrypt, use the argument --salt-file /path/to/saltfile.

generate-salt:

Generate a salt in the default location:

$ sudo robocrypt generate-salt 5829
Overwriting your old salt will render anything encrypted with it absolutely un-readable, unless you back it up.
Are you sure you want to do this? yes
Successfully saved a salt of length 5829 to /var/secure/robocrypt.salt

Robocrypt will ask you if you really want to overwrite any existing salt files. Answering no at the prompt will exit the program without touching the salt.

Generate a salt to a specific file:

$ sudo robocrypt --salt-file /var/secure/myother.salt generate-salt 5829
Successfully saved a salt of length 5829 to /var/secure/myother.salt

Here we were not prompted to confirm because there was no previous file at /var/secure/myother.salt.

encrypt:

Encrypt a file:

$ robocrypt encrypt tests/data/Dictionary.java 
Enter password to encrypt: 🔑
Successfully encrypted /path/tests/data/Dictionary.java!
$ ls tests/data/
Dictionary.java.robo  src

You can see that Dictionary.java was encrypted and saved as Dictionary.java.robo.

Encrypt a folder with a specified salt:

$ robocrypt --salt-file /var/secure/alternate.salt encrypt tests/data/src/
Enter password to encrypt: 🔑
Successfully encrypted /path/tests/data/src!
$ ls tests/data/
Dictionary.java.robo  src.robodir

The src directory was encrypted and saved as src.robodir using the alternate.salt.

decrypt:

Decrypt a file:

$ robocrypt decrypt tests/data/Dictionary.java.robo 
Enter password to decrypt: 🔑
Successfully decrypted /path/tests/data/Dictionary.java.robo!
$ ls tests/data/
Dictionary.java  src.robodir

Dictionary.java was restored to its original state with only the .java extension.

Decrypt a folder with a specified salt:

$ robocrypt --salt-file /var/secure/alternate.salt decrypt tests/data/src.robodir
Enter password to decrypt: 🔑
Successfully decrypted /path/tests/data/src.robodir!
$ ls tests/data/
Dictionary.java  src

Now the src directory is back to normal, with no .robodir extension.

Warning!

When using the tool, don't jack around with the output files' extensions (.robo and .robodir). Robocrypt uses these extensions to tell what type of file is encrypted and if change them, you will regret it. Also, I would recommend not double-encrypting anything. Because of the way the program works with extensions, you'll end up screwing yourself. Encrypt your shit one time with a strong password.