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Cryptodome - convert openssl command to python - twebber - Mar-24-2019
I have received an encrypted data file (mydata.encrypted) and a key (plain text for now) and the following command to decrypt it:
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in mydata.encrypted -out mydata.decrypted -kfile my_symmetric_key
The people who encrypted these data did so with openssl but I dont know what the encrypt command looks like. I do know that the above command does decrypt the data successfully though.
I want to use Python to decrypt this file. I am thinking of using cryptodome but am open to suggestions. Here's what i know from the above openssl decrypt command.
- its uses AES cbc 256 mode for the decryption ( -d )
- it uses base64 to encode the data "AFTER" (-a) the cryptographic operation
- it does not specify the initialization vector (IV).
I am struggling with how to code for this using python. What I suspect is my problem is that i dont know how to properly calculate the IV. Looking at the openssl documentation they say to see "key derivation" to find out how they handle IV when its not specified. I cant track down this key derivation information. Any help will be appreciated!
RE: Cryptodome - convert openssl command to python - twebber - Mar-25-2019
I've sent an email to the openssl users mailing list. If i find out from them the answer, i'll post the reply here.