C Client AES 128 GCM encryption with openssl and server decryption inside Intel SGX with rijndael 128 GCM

gsoap

12/27/23, 5:40 PM

I want to encrypt data on client side with Openssl AES 128 GCM and decrypt those data on server side inside Intel SGX using rijndael 128 GCM. I can see inside sgx_aes_gcm.cpp that it uses the same functions from Openssl.

I can imagine that the tag generated by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(pState, EVP_CTRL_GCM_GET_TAG, 16, tag) function is mandatory for the decryption to success.

So my question is, how can I transfer the tag from the client to the server so I can authenticate and decrypt the data successfully?

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poncho

12/27/23, 6:01 PM

So my question is, how can I transfer the tag from the client to the server so I can authenticate and decrypt the data successfully?

How do you expect the transfer the ciphertext? You can use that same mechanism. In fact, it is standard practice to just append the tag to the ciphertext, and just treat that as one long bytestring.

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gsoap

12/27/23, 8:38 PM

But if I just append it to the ciphertext isn't it a security vulnerability because someone could see the tag as it is always 16 bytes? I wonder if Openssl puts the tag inside the ciphertext in some way

poncho

12/29/23, 11:41 PM

@gsoap: why would it be a security vulnerability? GCM gives full security even if the attacker can see (and modify) the tag...

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