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Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to FeatherDuster or Cryptanalib, you can do so in a few ways:

  • Submitting bug reports and enhancement requests through Github issues
  • Submitting pull requests to resolve issues
    • Issues that are easily addressed are marked with the easy label
  • Contributing attack or helper functions to Cryptanalib
  • Contributing FeatherModules

The official page for FeatherDuster and Cryptanalib can be found at https://github.com/nccgroup/featherduster.

Writing FeatherModules

If you want to write a FeatherModule, the format is relatively simple. A FeatherModule requires:

  1. A main function which operates on a list of samples
  2. Metadata
    • A reference to the main function
    • A module name
    • The module's category
    • Keywords for analysis results
    • Options, if any, with default values in the form of strings

Module main functions should return a list of strings if successful, False if unsuccessful, or True if successful with no output.

An example module can be found under examples/example_feathermodule.py.

Custom non-trunk modules

Custom modules can be placed in the feathermodules/custom section, where they will be automatically recognized and loaded at runtime. As such, modules that do not meet the contribution requirements listed below can be developed and released as third-party modules and can be used independently of their acceptance into or rejection from the FeatherDuster trunk.

Analysis results keywords

  • ecb - Use of ECB mode
  • cbc_fixed_iv - Use of CBC mode with a fixed key/IV
  • block - Use of a block cipher
  • md_hashes - Message Digest family hashes
  • sha1_hashes - SHA1 hashes
  • sha2_hashes - SHA2 hashes
  • individually_low_entropy - Samples pass entropy tests when analyzed individually
  • collectively_low_entropy - Samples pass entropy tests when analyzed collectively
  • key_reuse - Samples show signs of key reuse
  • rsa_key - An RSA key was found in the samples
  • rsa_n_reuse - Two or more RSA keys were found to have the same modulus
  • rsa_private_key - An RSA private key was found in the samples
  • rsa_small_n - An RSA key with a small modulus was found in the samples

Code structure

  • Cryptanalysis library is in cryptanalib/
    • Primitives like GCD and CRT in cryptanalib/helpers.py
    • Classical/silly crypto solvers in cryptanalib/classical.py
    • Modern crypto solvers in cryptanalib/modern.py
    • Frequency distribution data is in cryptanalib/frequency.py
  • FeatherDuster UI is at featherduster.py
  • FeatherModules are at feathermodules/
    • Classical cipher modules at feathermodules/classical/
    • Block cipher modules at feathermodules/block/
    • Stream cipher modules at feathermodules/stream/
    • Hash function modules at feathermodules/hash/
    • Asymmetric cipher modules at feathermodules/pubkey/
    • Auxiliary modules at feathermodules/auxiliary/
    • Custom drop-in directory at feathermodules/custom/ (don't put things here please)
  • Example challenges / scripts / modules at examples
  • Unit tests at tests
  • Utilities at util

Contribution requirements

There are a few rules for contributing:

  • Code must be your own, or must be released under a license which allows its use in other projects.
  • The license on the code must be compatible with the BSD license used by FeatherDuster/Cryptanalib.
  • No additional dependencies may be introduced.
  • Code must be OS-independent.
  • Code must pass unit tests. Execute python -c 'from tests import *' in the featherduster directory to execute all unit tests.