Kpow Secure: Key Generation and Payload Encryption

A library for encrypted Kafka configuration with Java AES encryption and PBKDF2 master key generation.

Encrypted configuration is not a replacement for secret managers, but may help in environments with limited secret management options.

Can be used standalone or integrated with your application. This library provides:

• Clojure implementation
• Command line interface
• Java decryption API

This library is used as an option to secure configuration for Kpow for Apache Kafka since v88.2.

See the Kpow Secure Configuration Guide for specifics on secure configuration for Kpow.

Capabilities

• 256-bit AES encryption key generation from a passphrase and salt using PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256
• AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding cipher-text with random IV encryption / decryption
• Base64 key serialization / deserialization of keys for import / export
• Base64 payload encoding of scheme version, IV length, IV, and cipher text
• Payload interpretation (decrypt config into java.util.Properties or clojure.lang.PersistentArrayMap)
• CLI interface for key generation and encryption / decryption
• Java API for easy decryption of payload into java.util.String or java.util.Properties
• Key lookup via KPOW_SECURE_KEY or KPOW_SECURE_KEY_LOCATION environment variables

License

This project is released under the MIT license.

Clojure Implementation

Key Generation

Generate a key with a random salt (not reproducible from inputs)

(key/secret-key "aquickredfox")

=> #object[javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec 0x9a9f63e "javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec@15b1a"]

Generate a key with a chosen salt (reproducible from inputs)

(key/secret-key "aquickredfox" "asalt")

=> #object[javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec 0x5c2ac756 "javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec@fffe96a4"]

Key Serialization

Serialize a key to base64 text

(key/export-key (key/secret-key "aquickredfox" "asalt"))

=> "Ic9cChI5tatKL1pzbQqVzJ0Tv0DsiEa7ES/CW1IVgok="

Produce a key from base64 text

(key/import-key "Ic9cChI5tatKL1pzbQqVzJ0Tv0DsiEa7ES/CW1IVgok=")

=> #object[javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec 0x3d2b5928 "javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec@fffe96a4"]

Encryption

Encrypted payload from base64 encoded key and plaintext

(secure/encrypted
 "//iQh9KYe7pM+mevjifZPrm7YE2+rRloG1E15zzjR88="
 (str "SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=keypass1234\n"
      "SSL_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=trustpass1234"))

=> "ARAOGa3BAZ2TMxbU1aj+tFYfNHNwnRh3r/w2sG7FA4L7fVRzArpzrxAd2dUovyDfel++FHgW1IFrinZddTo+KiYFYm2rsn+ul65eQ1L5t9MsBq3LpuGjoFDSxkYFZweo/w0="

Encrypted payload from SecretKey and plaintext

(secure/encoded-payload
 (key/secret-key "aquickredfox" "some-salt")
 (str "SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=keypass1234\n"
      "SSL_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=trustpass1234"))

=> "ARAOGa3BAZ2TMxbU1aj+tFYfNHNwnRh3r/w2sG7FA4L7fVRzArpzrxAd2dUovyDfel++FHgW1IFrinZddTo+KiYFYm2rsn+ul65eQ1L5t9MsBq3LpuGjoFDSxkYFZweo/w0="

Decryption

Plaintext from serialized key and encrypted payload

(secure/decrypted
 "//iQh9KYe7pM+mevjifZPrm7YE2+rRloG1E15zzjR88="
 "ARAOGa3BAZ2TMxbU1aj+tFYfNHNwnRh3r/w2sG7FA4L7fVRzArpzrxAd2dUovyDfel++FHgW1IFrinZddTo+KiYFYm2rsn+ul65eQ1L5t9MsBq3LpuGjoFDSxkYFZweo/w0=")

=> "SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=keypass1234\nSSL_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=trustpass1234"

Plaintext from SecretKey and encrypted payload

(secure/decoded-text
 (key/secret-key "aquickredfox" "some-salt")
 "ARAOGa3BAZ2TMxbU1aj+tFYfNHNwnRh3r/w2sG7FA4L7fVRzArpzrxAd2dUovyDfel++FHgW1IFrinZddTo+KiYFYm2rsn+ul65eQ1L5t9MsBq3LpuGjoFDSxkYFZweo/w0=")

=> "SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=keypass1234\nSSL_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=trustpass1234"

Interpretation

Kpow-Secure will interpret payloads where the plaintext is in java.util.Properties format.

See dev-resources/secure/props.env for an example of the flexibility of Java Properties encoding.

Interpret payload as clojure.lang.PersistentArrayMap

(-> (secure/decrypted (slurp "dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key") (slurp "dev-resources/secure/config.env.aes"))
    (secure/->map))

=>
{"SASL_JAAS_CONFIG"        "org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=\"kpow\" password=\"kpow-secret\";"
 "SASL_MECHANISM"          "PLAIN"
 "SECURITY_PROTOCOL"       "SASL_PLAINTEXT"
 "SSL_TRUSTSTORE_LOCATION" "/ssl/truststore.jks"
 "SSL_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD" "password1234"}

Interpret payload as java.util.Properties

(-> (secure/decrypted (slurp "dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key") (slurp "dev-resources/secure/props.env.aes"))
    (secure/->props))

=>
{"sasl.jaas.config"        "org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=\"kpow\" password=\"kpow-secret\";"
 "sasl.mechanism"          "PLAIN"
 "security.protocol"       "SASL_PLAINTEXT"
 "ssl.truststore.location" "/ssl/truststore.jks"
 "ssl.truststore.password" "1234"}

Command Line Interface

This library exposes key generation and payload encryption / decryption functions via a CLI.

You can uberjar this project, or include the library within your own project and uberjar that.

Key Generation

The passphrase is read from a local file to ensure it is not observable in your shell history.

Show the help menu

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure.key --help

21:27:09.090 [main] INFO kpow.secure.key -

  -p, --pass-file PASSPHRASE-FILE  (required) File containing key passphrase
  -s, --salt SALT                  (optional) Salt to use with key generation, random if none provided
  -o, --out-file OUT-FILE          (optional) File for key output, default: [PASSPHRASE-FILE].key
  -h, --help

Generate a key with random salt

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure.key --pass-file dev-resources/secure/passphrase.txt --out-file dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key

19:46:50.912 [main] INFO kpow.secure.key -

Kpow Secure Key:
----------------

nP+O/6xOu9+9+JZFYgfhS+R6x4OjVgToP9DlM1bx35g=

Key file written to: dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key

Random salt used, this key cannot be regenerated.

Generate a key with chosen salt

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure.key --pass-file dev-resources/secure/passphrase.txt --salt abcdef --out-file dev-resources/secure/mykey.aes

19:48:01.933 [main] INFO kpow.secure.key -

Kpow Secure Key:
----------------

88wRMz4DuaRWOmyKPb8IgmY4kZAyQvPiRVxUy79OgL8=

Key file written to: dev-resources/secure/mykey.aes

This key can be regenerated with the same passphrase and salt.

Encryption

Show the help menu

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure --help

23:01:46.551 [main] INFO kpow.secure -

      --key TEXT           Base64 encoded key
      --key-file FILE      File containing base64 encoded key
      --encrypt TEXT       Text to encrypt
      --decrypt TEXT       Base64 encoded payload text
      --encrypt-file FILE  File containing text to encrypt
      --decrypt-file FILE  File containing base64 encoded payload text
      --out-file FILE      (optional) File for encrypted/decrypted output
  -h, --help

Encrypt text directly on the command line

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure --encrypt supersecrettext --key 88wRMz4DuaRWOmyKPb8IgmY4kZAyQvPiRVxUy79OgL8=

22:19:30.511 [main] INFO kpow.secure -

Kpow Encrypted:
---------------

ARB41R5ZsMNkjNnr3YD+RK2wT6ywAgR0KpcCpLYH/g3rxQ==

Decrypt text directly on the command line

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure --decrypt ARDO7O0legO6PFvIGq/ILD/gekC43knuHqCxhvJoyOeCBw== --key-file dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key

22:21:16.491 [main] INFO kpow.secure -

Kpow Decrypted:
---------------

supersecrettext

Encrypt a plaintext file

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure --encrypt-file dev-resources/secure/config.env --key-file dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key --out-file dev-resources/secure/config.aes

22:33:28.807 [main] INFO kpow.secure -

Kpow Encrypted:
---------------

> dev-resources/secure/config.aes

View the encrypted payload

cat dev-resources/secure/config.aes

ARD9I/BlocgOwYfsW/oXrJtY/u2AnMWm/ewWIm7iDJrSkkGnQbM38ZbCM1hWfYZLHpIo99LATlgtnR4rcSjDIEY01wZTsZUyxLXKMoH1sX31FwoywxjmGPooMQg2d6VIHpLGeTsrmD1HQ2U9miIr01w5moMy4U6/UTAm1o+f8xGmR5l2sMj59tddK5VTC9BRs0L4ptxj+bR/QhItwL2qnqExnsEBTUOwrrTiHZySXhr8iJWvD1WIFL374KmneLxFhqMuIiY1D3v9/ChlyCojvh5JR6pJ3ZuIK3HP2YbjZSTSliz7mV5hMI021E4MN8hWE4L3poLhHY5KWVVb6Ma5kQAt2M5t9Ij8HkdtjMgxrva+kCtXUg81F9WoWmsc3xQcY5o=

Decryption

Decrypt the payload

java -cp target/kpow-secure-1.0.0-standalone.jar kpow.secure --decrypt-file dev-resources/secure/config.aes --key-file dev-resources/secure/passphrase.key

22:40:11.998 [main] INFO kpow.secure -

Kpow Decrypted:
---------------

SECURITY_PROTOCOL=SASL_PLAINTEXT
SASL_MECHANISM=PLAIN
SASL_JAAS_CONFIG=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username="kpow" password="kpow-secret";
SSL_TRUSTSTORE_LOCATION=/ssl/truststore.jks```