Russtopia/xs: An alternative to ssh (<5% total SLOCC) written from scratch in Go. Testbed for candidate PQC (post-quantum cryptography) KEMs and symmetric session encryption algorithms with traffic chaffing.

An alternative to ssh (<5% total SLOCC) written from scratch in Go. Testbed for candidate PQC (post-quantum cryptography) KEMs and symmetric session encryption algorithms with traffic chaffing.

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Russ Magee e3842e4219 Removed channel-based server loop goroutine, solving eaten initial byte issue. Made receivers on hkex.Conn mutators *Conn again (whoops) TODO: Consider: padding (? probably not, XORKeyStream OFB/CBC/etc. modes prevent constant header/crib exposure, and would add lots of complexity to Read/Write) TODO: Add CTR, other modes		2018-01-20 21:20:49 -08:00
demo	Removed channel-based server loop goroutine, solving eaten initial byte issue.	2018-01-20 21:20:49 -08:00
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herradurakex.go	-Cleaned up lib code with gometalinter.v1	2018-01-12 22:13:01 -08:00
hkexchan.go	Removed channel-based server loop goroutine, solving eaten initial byte issue.	2018-01-20 21:20:49 -08:00
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README.md

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

golang implementation by Russ Magee (rmagee_at_gmail.com) */

This is a drop-in replacement for the golang/pkg/net facilities (net.Dial(), net.Listen(), net.Accept() and net.Conn type) using the experimental HerraduraKEx 'secure' key exchange algorithm, first released at github.com/Caume/HerraduraKEx

One can simply replace calls to net.Dial() with hkex.Dial(), and likewise net.Listen() with hkex.Listen(), to obtain connections (hkex.Conn) conforming to the basic net.Conn interface. Upon Dial(), the HerraduraKEx key exchange is initiated (whereby client and server independently derive the same keying material) and session algorithms to be used are exchanged allowing an encrypted channel between client and server.

NOTE: the terms 'secure' and 'securely' where used above are purposely enclosed in singled quotes due to the experimental nature of the HerraduraKEx algorithm used to derive crypto keying material on each end. As of this time no verdict by acknowledged 'crypto experts' as to the true security of the HerraduraKEx algorithm for purposes of session key exchange over an insecure channel has been rendered. It is hoped that such experts in the field will analyze the algorithm and determine if it is indeed a suitable one for use in situations where Diffie-Hellman key exchange is currently utilized.

To run

$ go get /herradurakex.git $ cd $GOPATH/src//herradurakex $ go install . $ cd demo/ $ go build client.go && go build server.go

[ in separate shells ] [A]$ ./server [B]$ ./client