CppSecurity

C++ Security Library provides different security functionality for password generation, password hashing algorithms and Google Authenticator.

CppSecurity API reference

Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• How to build?
• Security benchmarks
  • Benchmark 1: Password generator
  • Benchmark 2: Google Authenticator
  • Benchmark 3: 'PBKDF2' password hashing algorithm
  • Benchmark 4: 'bcrypt' password hashing algorithm
  • Benchmark 5: 'scrypt' password hashing algorithm
  • Benchmark 6: 'Argon2' password hashing algorithm
  • Benchmark 7: Cipher

Features

• Cross platform (Linux, MacOS, Windows)
• Password generator
• Google Authenticator support
• Password hashing algorithms (PBKDF2, bcrypt, scrypt, Argon2)
• Symmetric ciphers (AES, ARIA, Camellia)

Requirements

• Linux
• MacOS
• Windows
• cmake
• gcc
• git
• gil
• OpenSSL
• python3

Optional:

• clang
• CLion
• Cygwin
• MSYS2
• MinGW
• Visual Studio

How to build?

Linux: install required packages

sudo apt-get install -y binutils-dev uuid-dev libssl-dev

Install gil (git links) tool

pip3 install gil

Setup repository

git clone https://github.com/chronoxor/CppSecurity.git
cd CppSecurity
gil update

Linux

cd build
./unix.sh

MacOS

cd build
./unix.sh

Windows (Cygwin)

cd build
unix.bat

Windows (MSYS2)

cd build
unix.bat

Windows (MinGW)

cd build
mingw.bat

Windows (Visual Studio)

cd build
vs.bat

Security benchmarks

Benchmark 1: Password generator

Benchmark source file: password_generator.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

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CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.0.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecutre: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 3.998 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 31.962 GiB
RAM free: 24.476 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuaraion: release
Local timestamp: Wed Jun 12 01:55:58 2019
UTC timestamp: Tue Jun 11 22:55:58 2019
===============================================================================
Benchmark: Generate password
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: Generate password
Average time: 73.490 mcs/op
Minimal time: 73.490 mcs/op
Maximal time: 76.286 mcs/op
Total time: 4.925 s
Total operations: 67019
Operations throughput: 13607 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: Validate password
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: Validate password
Average time: 19 ns/op
Minimal time: 19 ns/op
Maximal time: 20 ns/op
Total time: 1.944 s
Total operations: 97525818
Operations throughput: 50161060 ops/s
===============================================================================

Benchmark 2: Google Authenticator

Benchmark source file: google_authenticator.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

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CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.0.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecutre: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 3.998 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 31.962 GiB
RAM free: 24.470 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuaraion: release
Local timestamp: Wed Jun 12 01:57:37 2019
UTC timestamp: Tue Jun 11 22:57:37 2019
===============================================================================
Benchmark: Generate Google Authenticator secret
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: Generate Google Authenticator secret
Average time: 75.167 mcs/op
Minimal time: 75.167 mcs/op
Maximal time: 77.377 mcs/op
Total time: 4.882 s
Total operations: 64960
Operations throughput: 13303 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: Generate Google Authenticator token
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: Generate Google Authenticator token
Average time: 1.244 mcs/op
Minimal time: 1.244 mcs/op
Maximal time: 1.260 mcs/op
Total time: 4.847 s
Total operations: 3894253
Operations throughput: 803368 ops/s
===============================================================================

Benchmark 3: 'PBKDF2' password hashing algorithm

Benchmark source file: password_hashing_pbkdf2.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

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CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.0.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecutre: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 3.998 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 31.962 GiB
RAM free: 17.1017 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuaraion: release
Local timestamp: Thu Jun  6 02:52:55 2019
UTC timestamp: Wed Jun  5 23:52:55 2019
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'PBKDF2' generate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'PBKDF2' generate
Average time: 491.718 mcs/op
Minimal time: 491.718 mcs/op
Maximal time: 507.445 mcs/op
Total time: 4.933 s
Total operations: 10034
Operations throughput: 2033 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'PBKDF2' validate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'PBKDF2' validate
Average time: 403.262 mcs/op
Minimal time: 403.262 mcs/op
Maximal time: 412.173 mcs/op
Total time: 4.976 s
Total operations: 12341
Operations throughput: 2479 ops/s
===============================================================================

Benchmark 4: 'bcrypt' password hashing algorithm

Benchmark source file: password_hashing_bcrypt.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

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CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.0.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecutre: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 3.998 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 31.962 GiB
RAM free: 17.921 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuaraion: release
Local timestamp: Thu Jun  6 02:59:34 2019
UTC timestamp: Wed Jun  5 23:59:34 2019
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'bcrypt' generate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'bcrypt' generate
Average time: 950.807 mcs/op
Minimal time: 950.807 mcs/op
Maximal time: 960.204 mcs/op
Total time: 4.986 s
Total operations: 5245
Operations throughput: 1051 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'bcrypt' validate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'bcrypt' validate
Average time: 862.694 mcs/op
Minimal time: 862.694 mcs/op
Maximal time: 867.637 mcs/op
Total time: 4.988 s
Total operations: 5783
Operations throughput: 1159 ops/s
===============================================================================

Benchmark 5: 'scrypt' password hashing algorithm

Benchmark source file: password_hashing_scrypt.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

===============================================================================
CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.0.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecutre: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 3.998 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 31.962 GiB
RAM free: 18.052 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuaraion: release
Local timestamp: Thu Jun  6 02:42:32 2019
UTC timestamp: Wed Jun  5 23:42:32 2019
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'scrypt' generate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'scrypt' generate
Average time: 956.991 mcs/op
Minimal time: 956.991 mcs/op
Maximal time: 982.195 mcs/op
Total time: 4.983 s
Total operations: 5207
Operations throughput: 1044 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'scrypt' validate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'scrypt' validate
Average time: 857.232 mcs/op
Minimal time: 857.232 mcs/op
Maximal time: 916.809 mcs/op
Total time: 4.781 s
Total operations: 5578
Operations throughput: 1166 ops/s
===============================================================================

Benchmark 6: 'Argon2' password hashing algorithm

Benchmark source file: password_hashing_argon2.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

===============================================================================
CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.0.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecutre: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 3.998 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 31.962 GiB
RAM free: 18.026 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuaraion: release
Local timestamp: Thu Jun  6 02:45:53 2019
UTC timestamp: Wed Jun  5 23:45:53 2019
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'Argon2d' generate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'Argon2d' generate
Average time: 824.018 mcs/op
Minimal time: 824.018 mcs/op
Maximal time: 844.418 mcs/op
Total time: 4.932 s
Total operations: 5986
Operations throughput: 1213 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'Argon2d' validate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'Argon2d' validate
Average time: 744.765 mcs/op
Minimal time: 744.765 mcs/op
Maximal time: 791.891 mcs/op
Total time: 4.778 s
Total operations: 6416
Operations throughput: 1342 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'Argon2i' generate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'Argon2i' generate
Average time: 851.280 mcs/op
Minimal time: 851.280 mcs/op
Maximal time: 921.955 mcs/op
Total time: 4.768 s
Total operations: 5601
Operations throughput: 1174 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'Argon2i' validate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'Argon2i' validate
Average time: 747.924 mcs/op
Minimal time: 747.924 mcs/op
Maximal time: 764.430 mcs/op
Total time: 4.961 s
Total operations: 6634
Operations throughput: 1337 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'Argon2id' generate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'Argon2id' generate
Average time: 828.117 mcs/op
Minimal time: 828.117 mcs/op
Maximal time: 858.997 mcs/op
Total time: 4.935 s
Total operations: 5960
Operations throughput: 1207 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: 'Argon2id' validate
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: 'Argon2id' validate
Average time: 738.366 mcs/op
Minimal time: 738.366 mcs/op
Maximal time: 791.300 mcs/op
Total time: 4.698 s
Total operations: 6363
Operations throughput: 1354 ops/s
===============================================================================

Benchmark 7: Cipher

Benchmark source file: cipher.cpp

Benchmark report is the following:

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CppBenchmark report. Version 1.0.3.0
===============================================================================
CPU architecture: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
CPU logical cores: 8
CPU physical cores: 4
CPU clock speed: 2.112 GHz
CPU Hyper-Threading: enabled
RAM total: 15.387 GiB
RAM free: 5.900 GiB
===============================================================================
OS version: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Edition (build 18363), 64-bit
OS bits: 64-bit
Process bits: 64-bit
Process configuration: release
Local timestamp: Sun Nov 20 23:06:31 2022
UTC timestamp: Sun Nov 20 19:06:31 2022
===============================================================================
Benchmark: Cipher encrypt
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: Cipher encrypt
Average time: 182 ns/op
Minimal time: 175 ns/op
Maximal time: 188 ns/op
Total time: 3.819 s
Total operations: 20915100
Operations throughput: 5475649 ops/s
===============================================================================
Benchmark: Cipher decrypt
Attempts: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phase: Cipher decrypt
Average time: 292 ns/op
Minimal time: 201 ns/op
Maximal time: 297 ns/op
Total time: 3.207 s
Total operations: 10983063
Operations throughput: 3423788 ops/s
===============================================================================