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security/Assignment 08/Task a/Decryptor.hpp

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <fstream>
 
+/*
+ * Class used for decrypting passwords that
+ * are encrypted with OpenSSL's PBKDF2
+ */
 class Decryptor {
   const std::string alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 
@@ -37,25 +41,33 @@ public:
   }
 
 private:
+  
   // Recursive function to calculate hash (equivalent to n nested for loops)
   std::string calcHash(int n, std::string password) {
     for (char c : alphabet) {
       std::string tmp = password + c;
-
+      
+      // Outer loops add characters and pass it on to the inner loops 
       if (n > 1) {
         std::string decryption = calcHash(n - 1, tmp);
         if (decryption != "")
           return decryption;
-      } else {
+      }
+      
+      // The inner loop does the hashing 
+      else {
         std::string hash = PBKDF2(tmp, salt, iterations, keyLen);
         std::cout << hash << " - " << tmp << std::endl;
-
+        
+        // Returns password if hashes match 
         if (hash == key) {
           return tmp;
         }
       }
     }
-
+    
+    
+    // Returns an empty string if password was not found 
     return "";
   }
 

security/Assignment 08/Task a/build/.usages_clang/main.cpp.usages

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+22 serialization::archive 17 0 0 0 0 54 /Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a 60 /Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/build 0 0 95 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 1 2 18446744073709551615 7 include 1 2 1 9 18446744073709551615 15 "Decryptor.hpp" 1 10 1 25 18446744073709551615 3 int 3 1 3 4 18446744073709551615 4 main 3 5 3 9 0 1 ( 3 9 3 10 0 1 ) 3 10 3 11 0 1 { 3 12 3 13 18446744073709551615 33 // Variables used for decrypting  5 3 5 36 18446744073709551615 5 const 6 3 6 8 18446744073709551615 3 std 6 9 6 12 1 2 :: 6 12 6 14 18446744073709551615 6 string 6 14 6 20 2 3 key 6 21 6 24 3 1 = 6 25 6 26 18446744073709551615 42 "ab29d7b5c589e18b52261ecba1d3a7e7cbf212c6" 6 27 6 69 18446744073709551615 1 ; 6 69 6 70 18446744073709551615 5 const 7 3 7 8 18446744073709551615 3 std 7 9 7 12 1 2 :: 7 12 7 14 18446744073709551615 6 string 7 14 7 20 2 4 salt 7 21 7 25 4 1 = 7 26 7 27 18446744073709551615 16 "Saltet til Ola" 7 28 7 44 18446744073709551615 1 ; 7 44 7 45 18446744073709551615 5 const 8 3 8 8 18446744073709551615 3 int 8 9 8 12 18446744073709551615 10 iterations 8 13 8 23 5 1 = 8 24 8 25 18446744073709551615 4 2048 8 26 8 30 18446744073709551615 1 ; 8 30 8 31 18446744073709551615 5 const 9 3 9 8 18446744073709551615 3 int 9 9 9 12 18446744073709551615 6 maxLen 9 13 9 19 6 1 = 9 20 9 21 18446744073709551615 2 10 9 22 9 24 18446744073709551615 1 ; 9 24 9 25 18446744073709551615 25 // Initializes decryptor  11 3 11 28 18446744073709551615 9 Decryptor 12 3 12 12 7 9 decryptor 12 13 12 22 8 1 ( 12 22 12 23 7 3 key 12 23 12 26 3 1 , 12 26 12 27 7 4 salt 12 28 12 32 4 1 , 12 32 12 33 7 10 iterations 12 34 12 44 5 1 , 12 44 12 45 7 6 maxLen 12 46 12 52 6 1 ) 12 52 12 53 7 1 ; 12 53 12 54 18446744073709551615 3 std 13 3 13 6 1 2 :: 13 6 13 8 18446744073709551615 6 string 13 8 13 14 2 8 password 13 15 13 23 9 1 = 13 24 13 25 18446744073709551615 9 decryptor 13 26 13 35 8 1 . 13 35 13 36 10 15 decryptPassword 13 36 13 51 10 1 ( 13 51 13 52 10 1 ) 13 52 13 53 10 1 ; 13 53 13 54 18446744073709551615 39 // Prints the result of the decryption  15 3 15 42 18446744073709551615 2 if 16 3 16 5 18446744073709551615 1 ( 16 6 16 7 18446744073709551615 8 password 16 7 16 15 9 2 != 16 16 16 18 11 2 "" 16 19 16 21 18446744073709551615 1 ) 16 21 16 22 18446744073709551615 3 std 17 5 17 8 1 2 :: 17 8 17 10 18446744073709551615 4 cout 17 10 17 14 12 2 << 17 15 17 17 13 20 "\nPASSWORD FOUND: " 17 18 17 38 18446744073709551615 2 << 17 39 17 41 13 8 password 17 42 17 50 9 2 << 17 51 17 53 13 4 "\n" 17 54 17 58 18446744073709551615 2 << 18 15 18 17 14 3 std 18 18 18 21 1 2 :: 18 21 18 23 15 4 endl 18 23 18 27 15 1 ; 18 27 18 28 18446744073709551615 4 else 19 3 19 7 18446744073709551615 3 std 20 5 20 8 1 2 :: 20 8 20 10 18446744073709551615 4 cout 20 10 20 14 12 2 << 20 15 20 17 13 33 "\nUNABLE TO DECRYPT PASSWORD!\n" 20 18 20 51 18446744073709551615 2 << 21 15 21 17 14 3 std 21 18 21 21 1 2 :: 21 21 21 23 15 4 endl 21 23 21 27 15 1 ; 21 27 21 28 18446744073709551615 220 /*
                  -- OUTPUT -- 
    146a0ad2711640cb8cb2e40b1c27435c2e8ba3c3 - QwC
    975f6b1a139b3be77ca83be02ce2946beb877be4 - QwD
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
    
    PASSWORD FOUND: QwE
    
-   */ 22 3 30 6 18446744073709551615 1 } 31 1 31 2 18446744073709551615 0 0 19 0 0 0 22 0 0 1 2 0 3 std 8 1 2 0 15 decryptPassword 20 1 2 0 14 string:__1:std 10 1 2 0 68 3:33:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 10 1 2 0 68 3:48:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 8 1 2 0 4 main 9 1 2 0 68 6:21:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 9 1 2 0 68 7:21:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 9 1 2 0 68 9:13:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 9 1 2 0 69 10:13:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 4 1 2 0 9 Decryptor 9 1 2 0 69 12:13:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 9 1 2 0 69 13:15:/Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 21 1 2 0 25 decryptPassword:Decryptor 8 1 2 0 18 operator!=:__1:std 9 1 2 0 12 cout:__1:std 8 1 2 0 16 operator:__1:std 21 1 2 0 30 operator:basic_ostream:__1:std 8 1 2 0 12 endl:__1:std 0 0 2 0 0 0 68 /Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/Decryptor.hpp 1600414591 63 /Users/hakon/programming/security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp 1600414633
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security/Assignment 08/Task a/main.cpp

 #include "Decryptor.hpp"
 
-std::string decryptPassword(int n, std::string password);
-
 int main() {
+  
+  // Variables used for decrypting 
   const std::string key = "ab29d7b5c589e18b52261ecba1d3a7e7cbf212c6";
   const std::string salt = "Saltet til Ola";
-
   const int iterations = 2048;
   const int maxLen = 10;
-
+  
+  // Initializes decryptor 
   Decryptor decryptor(key, salt, iterations, maxLen);
   std::string password = decryptor.decryptPassword();
 
+  // Prints the result of the decryption 
   if (password != "")
     std::cout << "\nPASSWORD FOUND: " << password << "\n"
               << std::endl;