awslabs / awslabs/aws-encryption-sdk-specification

Feature request: add option to immediately validate ciphertext by decrypting it

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JavaScript
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Description

When encrypting data to create an encrypted message, some customers may want to immediately attempt a decryption of the data before returning it in order to confirm that the ciphertext is valid and can be decrypted. We could offer this as a built-in option of the ESDK; during encrypt, we internally decrypt the encrypted message before returning it.

We'll have to think a bit about the API here to come up with something that works for all supported languages. See one possible approach here: https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-java/pull/402

See also: https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-java/issues/279

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Research direction

Start by reading the possible approach in aws-encryption-sdk-java pull request #402 and the related issue #279. Compare the proposed behavior across supported languages and define an API that enables decryption during encryption, with completion meaning the returned ciphertext has been successfully validated.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws
Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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