easy-encryption

A wrapper around the built-in crypto module that makes encryption easy in Node.js.

Uses the AES-256-CBC algorithm for encryption and the pbkdf2 algorithm to derive keys for protection against dictionary attacks.

Installation

npm install --save easy-encryption

Usage

With zero configuration:

var ee = require('easy-encryption');

var ciphertext  = ee.encrypt('password', 'This message is TOP secret!!!');
var plaintext   = ee.decrypt('password', ciphertext);

console.log(ciphertext);  //outputs: "<iv>$<salt>$<ciphertext>"
console.log(plaintext);   //outputs: "This message is TOP secret!!!"

With some configuration:

var Cipher = require('easy-encryption');

var cipher = new Cipher({
  secret:     'password',
  iterations: 8192
});

var ciphertext  = cipher.encrypt('This message is TOP secret!!!');
var plaintext   = cipher.decrypt(ciphertext);

console.log(ciphertext);  //outputs: "<iv>$<salt>$<ciphertext>"
console.log(plaintext);   //outputs: "This message is TOP secret!!!"

API

.encrypt(secret, plaintext)

Encrypt some text with a secret

.decrypt(secret, ciphertext)

Decrypt some encrypted text with a secret

new Cipher(options)

Create and configure a new cipher instance.

• secret - the secret used for encrypting and decrypting text
• iterations - the number of times that the secret is hashed with the pbkdf2 algorithm

cipher.encrypt([secret], plaintext)

Encrypt some text with a secret

cipher.decrypt([secret], ciphertext)

Decrypt some encrypted text with a secret

Encryption output

A random salt is used for the encryption process, so each call to .encrypt(secret, plaintext) will result in a different encrypted string. To compare encrypted strings, decrypt both and compare the plaintext.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 James Newell

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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