Merge pull request #25 from jackyzha0/security

Add encryption to content when password is specified

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/backend/security/hash.go b/backend/security/hash.go
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+package security
+
+import (
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
+	"math/big"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const UrlLength = 7
+
+// GenerateURI creates a unique identifier for a paste based on ip and timestamp
+func GenerateURI(ip string) string {
+	timeStamp := time.Now().String()
+	return hashString(ip + timeStamp)[:UrlLength]
+}
+
+// hashes using MD5 and then converts to base 62
+func hashString(text string) string {
+	hash := md5.Sum([]byte(text))
+	hexStr := hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
+
+	bi := big.NewInt(0)
+	bi.SetString(hexStr, 16)
+	return bi.Text(62)
+}
+
+func HashPassword(password string) (string, error) {
+	hashedPassword, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
+	return string(hashedPassword), err
+}
+
+func PasswordsEqual(dbPassword, parsedPassword string) bool {
+	dbPassBytes := []byte(dbPassword)
+	parsedPassBytes := []byte(parsedPassword)
+	compErr := bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword(dbPassBytes, parsedPassBytes)
+
+	// if comparison error, the given password is not valid
+	return compErr == nil
+}
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