// Copyright © 2021 rsiddharth // SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC package challenge import ( "fmt" "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) } // Output: // Cracked 16-bit seed [74 8] == [74 8]