// Copyright © 2021 rsiddharth <s@ricketyspace.net>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC
package challenge
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"ricketyspace.net/cryptopals/lib"
)
func C24() {
// Part I: Crack MT19937 16-bit seed.
crack := func(stream []byte) []byte {
i, j := byte(0), byte(0)
for i <= 255 {
gs, m := lib.MTXORStream(stream, []byte{i, j}), true
for k := len(gs) - 1; k >= len(gs)-14; k-- {
if gs[k] != 'A' {
m = false
}
}
if m {
return []byte{i, j}
}
j += 1
if j == 0 {
i += 1
}
}
return []byte{}
}
seed, err := lib.RandomBytes(2) // Generate random seed.
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
plain := append(
lib.RandomBytesWithLengthBetween(8, 64),
lib.StrToBytes("AAAAAAAAAAAAAA")..., // 14 'A's.
) // Plaintext; last 14 characters known.
cipher := lib.MTXORStream(plain, seed) // Encrypt plaintext.
cseed := crack(cipher) // Try to crack seed
if !lib.BytesEqual(cseed, seed) {
panic(fmt.Errorf("Unable to crack 16-bit seed %v != %v\n", cseed, seed))
}
fmt.Printf("Cracked 16-bit seed %v == %v\n", cseed, seed)
// Part II: Check if password token is generated using MT19937
// seeded with current time.
tseed := uint32(time.Now().Unix() - lib.RandomInt(60, 86400))
token := lib.MTToken(tseed, 32)
guess := uint32(time.Now().Unix())
for guess > uint32(time.Now().Unix())-86400 { // Go back 24 hours.
if token == lib.MTToken(guess, len(token)/2) {
fmt.Printf("Token generated using MT19937 seeded"+
" with current time\n\tSeed: %v\n\tToken: %v\n",
guess, token)
return
}
guess -= 1
}
fmt.Printf("Token not generated using MT19937 seeded with current time\n")
}
// Output:
// Cracked 16-bit seed [74 8] == [74 8]
// Token generated using MT19937 seeded with current time
// Seed: 1630730057
// Token: 4b8dc62151d85802b7ce731b6b7b9a6e299740721a5555ed1f54eb9bc304a8b2
