hill_cipher.cpp File Reference

Implementation of Hill cipher algorithm. More...

#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "../numerical_methods/lu_decomposition.h"

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Classes
class	ciphers::HillCipher
	Implementation of Hill Cipher algorithm. More...

Namespaces
namespace	ciphers
	Algorithms for encryption and decryption.

Functions
template<typename T >
static std::ostream &	operator<< (std::ostream &out, matrix< T > const &v)
void	test1 (const std::string &text)
	Self test 1 - using 3x3 randomly generated key.
void	test2 (const std::string &text)
	Self test 2 - using 8x8 randomly generated key.
int	main ()

Variables
static const char *	ciphers::STRKEY

Detailed Description

Implementation of Hill cipher algorithm.

Program to generate the encryption-decryption key and perform encryption and decryption of ASCII text using the famous block cipher algorithm. This is a powerful encryption algorithm that is relatively easy to implement with a given key. The strength of the algorithm depends on the size of the block encryption matrix key; the bigger the matrix, the stronger the encryption and more difficult to break it. However, the important requirement for the matrix is that:

1. matrix should be invertible - all inversion conditions should be satisfied and
2. its determinant must not have any common factors with the length of character set Due to this restriction, most implementations only implement with small 3x3 encryption keys and a small subset of ASCII alphabets.

In the current implementation, I present to you an implementation for generating larger encryption keys (I have attempted upto 10x10) and an ASCII character set of 97 printable characters. Hence, a typical ASCII text file could be easily encrypted with the module. The larger character set increases the modulo of cipher and hence the matrix determinants can get very large very quickly rendering them ill-defined.

Note

This program uses determinant computation using LU decomposition from the file lu_decomposition.h

The matrix generation algorithm is very rudimentary and does not guarantee an invertible modulus matrix.

Todo

Better matrix generation algorithm.

Author

Krishna Vedala

Definition in file hill_cipher.cpp.

Function Documentation

main()

int main

(

void

)

Main function

Definition at line 533 of file hill_cipher.cpp.

           {
    std::srand(std::time(nullptr));
    std::cout << "Key dictionary: (" << std::strlen(ciphers::STRKEY) << ")\n\t"
              << ciphers::STRKEY << "\n";
 
    std::string text = "This is a simple text with numb3r5 and exclamat!0n.";
 
    test1(text);
    test2(text);
 
    return 0;
}

operator<<()

template<typename T >

static std::ostream & operator<< ( std::ostream & out, matrix< T > const & v )

static

operator to print a matrix

Definition at line 55 of file hill_cipher.cpp.

                                                                   {
    const int width = 15;
    const char separator = ' ';
 
    for (size_t row = 0; row < v.size(); row++) {
        for (size_t col = 0; col < v[row].size(); col++)
            out << std::left << std::setw(width) << std::setfill(separator)
                << v[row][col];
        out << std::endl;
    }
 
    return out;
}

test1()

void test1

(

const std::string &

text

)

Self test 1 - using 3x3 randomly generated key.

Parameters

text	string to encrypt and decrypt

Definition at line 471 of file hill_cipher.cpp.

                                  {
    // std::string text = "Hello world!";
    std::cout << "======Test 1 (3x3 key) ======\nOriginal text:\n\t" << text
              << std::endl;
 
    std::pair<matrix<int>, matrix<int>> p =
        ciphers::HillCipher::generate_keys(3, 0, 100);
    matrix<int> ekey = p.first;
    matrix<int> dkey = p.second;
 
    // matrix<int> ekey = {{22, 28, 25}, {5, 26, 15}, {14, 18, 9}};
    // std::cout << "Encryption key: \n" << ekey;
    std::string gibberish = ciphers::HillCipher::encrypt_text(text, ekey);
    std::cout << "Encrypted text:\n\t" << gibberish << std::endl;
 
    // matrix<int> dkey = ciphers::HillCipher::generate_decryption_key(ekey);
    // std::cout << "Decryption key: \n" << dkey;
    std::string txt_back = ciphers::HillCipher::decrypt_text(gibberish, dkey);
    std::cout << "Reconstruct text:\n\t" << txt_back << std::endl;
 
    std::ofstream out_file("hill_cipher_test1.txt");
    out_file << "Block size: " << ekey.size() << "\n";
    out_file << "Encryption Key:\n" << ekey;
    out_file << "\nDecryption Key:\n" << dkey;
    out_file.close();
 
    assert(txt_back == text);
    std::cout << "Passed :)\n";
}

test2()

void test2

(

const std::string &

text

)

Self test 2 - using 8x8 randomly generated key.

Parameters

text	string to encrypt and decrypt

Definition at line 506 of file hill_cipher.cpp.

                                  {
    // std::string text = "Hello world!";
    std::cout << "======Test 2 (8x8 key) ======\nOriginal text:\n\t" << text
              << std::endl;
 
    std::pair<matrix<int>, matrix<int>> p =
        ciphers::HillCipher::generate_keys(8, 0, 3);
    matrix<int> ekey = p.first;
    matrix<int> dkey = p.second;
 
    std::string gibberish = ciphers::HillCipher::encrypt_text(text, ekey);
    std::cout << "Encrypted text:\n\t" << gibberish << std::endl;
 
    std::string txt_back = ciphers::HillCipher::decrypt_text(gibberish, dkey);
    std::cout << "Reconstruct text:\n\t" << txt_back << std::endl;
 
    std::ofstream out_file("hill_cipher_test2.txt");
    out_file << "Block size: " << ekey.size() << "\n";
    out_file << "Encryption Key:\n" << ekey;
    out_file << "\nDecryption Key:\n" << dkey;
    out_file.close();
 
    assert(txt_back.compare(0, text.size(), text) == 0);
    std::cout << "Passed :)\n";
}