CryptoLib.py

import os, random, struct
from Crypto.Cipher import AES

#this file implements and AES encryption. This is a symetric algorithm; that is, there is only one key to both encode and decode. The alternative is a public-private algorithm, where the server stores a copy of the private key, and the reader has a copy of the public key. Decoding takes the combo of the public and private keys. 

#We *might* want the latter case, but this is a start.

def encrypt_file(key, in_filename, out_filename=None, chunksize=64*1024):

    """ Encrypts a file using AES (CBC mode) with the
        given key.

        key:
            The encryption key - a string that must be
            either 16, 24 or 32 bytes long. Longer keys
            are more secure.

        in_filename:
            Name of the input file

        out_filename:
            If None, '<in_filename>.enc' will be used.

        chunksize:
            Sets the size of the chunk which the function
            uses to read and encrypt the file. Larger chunk
            sizes can be faster for some files and machines.
            chunksize must be divisible by 16.
    """

    if not out_filename:
        out_filename = in_filename + '.enc'

    iv = ''.join(chr(random.randint(0, 0xFF)) for i in range(16))
    encryptor = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
    filesize = os.path.getsize(in_filename)

    with open(in_filename, 'rb') as infile:
        with open(out_filename, 'wb') as outfile:
            outfile.write(struct.pack('<Q', filesize))
            outfile.write(iv)

            while True:
                chunk = infile.read(chunksize)
                if len(chunk) == 0:
                    break
                elif len(chunk) % 16 != 0:
                    chunk += ' ' * (16 - len(chunk) % 16)

                outfile.write(encryptor.encrypt(chunk))

def decrypt_file(key, in_filename, out_filename=None, chunksize=24*1024):
    
    """ Decrypts a file using AES (CBC mode) with the
        given key. Parameters are similar to encrypt_file,
        with one difference: out_filename, if not supplied
        will be in_filename without its last extension
        (i.e. if in_filename is 'aaa.zip.enc' then
        out_filename will be 'aaa.zip')
    """

    if not out_filename:
        out_filename = os.path.splitext(in_filename)[0]

    with open(in_filename, 'rb') as infile:
        origsize = struct.unpack('<Q', infile.read(struct.calcsize('Q')))[0]
        iv = infile.read(16)
        decryptor = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)

        with open(out_filename, 'wb') as outfile:
            while True:
                chunk = infile.read(chunksize)
                if len(chunk) == 0:
                    break
                outfile.write(decryptor.decrypt(chunk))

            outfile.truncate(origsize)