// Copyright © 2021 rsiddharth // 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