Mcrypt - libmcrypt bindings for Ruby

Mcrypt provides Ruby-language bindings for libmcrypt(3), a symmetric cryptography library. Libmcrypt supports lots of different ciphers and encryption modes.

You will need

  • A working Ruby installation (>= 1.8.6 or 1.9)

  • A working libmcrypt installation (2.5.x or 2.6.x, tested with 2.5.8)

  • A sane build environment

Installation

Install the gem:

gem install ruby-mcrypt --test -- --with-mcrypt-dir=/path/to/mcrypt/prefix

If you’re installing on Ubuntu: 

sudo apt-get install mcrypt libmcrypt-dev
gem install ruby-mcrypt

If you want to run the longer test suite, do this instead:

MCRYPT_TEST_BRUTE=1 \
gem install ruby-mcrypt --test -- --with-mcrypt-dir=/path/to/mcrypt/prefix

Put this in your code:

require 'rubygems'
require 'mcrypt'

Or in Rails’ environment.rb:

gem "ruby-mcrypt", :lib => "mcrypt"

Usage

crypto = Mcrypt.new(:twofish, :cbc, MY_KEY, MY_IV, :pkcs)

# encryption and decryption in one step
ciphertext = crypto.encrypt(plaintext)
plaintext  = crypto.decrypt(ciphertext)

# encrypt in smaller steps
while chunk = $stdin.read(4096)
  $stdout << crypto.encrypt_more(chunk)
end
$stdout << crypto.encrypt_finish

# or decrypt:
while chunk = $stdin.read(4096)
  $stdout << crypto.decrypt_more(chunk)
end
$stdout << crypto.decrypt_finish

Known Issues

  • Test coverage is lacking.

If you find any bugs, please let the author know.

Wish List

  • IO-like behavior, e.g. crypto.open($stdin) { |stream| … }

Author

  • Philip Garrett <philgarr at gmail.com>

Copyright and License

Copyright © 2009-2013 Philip Garrett.

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