Gathering detailed insights and metrics for webcrypto-liner
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for webcrypto-liner
Installations
npm install webcrypto-linerReleases
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Developer
PeculiarVentures
Developer Guide
BETA
Module System
CommonJS, UMD
Min. Node Version
Typescript Support
Yes
Node Version
20.10.0
NPM Version
10.2.3
Statistics
149 Stars
373 Commits
26 Forks
10 Watching
9 Branches
9 Contributors
Updated on 01 Nov 2024
Bundle Size
164.27 kB
Minified
39.04 kB
Minified + Gzipped
Languages
TypeScript (96.12%)
JavaScript (3.88%)
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
1,206,623
Last day
-25.2%
744
Compared to previous day
Last week
-6.4%
4,937
Compared to previous week
Last month
-19.9%
22,794
Compared to previous month
Last year
-10.8%
396,816
Compared to previous year
Daily Downloads
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
Dependencies
11
Dev Dependencies
19
@babel/core@babel/preset-env@peculiar/webcrypto@rollup/plugin-babel@rollup/plugin-commonjs@rollup/plugin-node-resolve@types/mocha@types/node@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@typescript-eslint/parsereslintbabel-preset-minifymocharimrafrolluprollup-plugin-terserrollup-plugin-typescript2ts-nodetypescript
Versions
webcrypto-liner
A polyfill for WebCrypto that "smooths out" the rough-edges in existing User Agent implementations.
Though WebCrypto is well supported across browsers, several browsers still have prefixed and buggy implementations. Additionally, they do not always support the same algorithms, for example, Edge does not support SHA1 or ECC while both Firefox and Chrome do.
NOTE: If you are not familiar with how to use the various capabilities of WebCrypto see this great example page.
Browsers support
 Edge |  Firefox |  Chrome |  Safari |
|---|---|---|---|
| last 2 versions | last 2 versions | last 2 versions | last 2 versions |
Information
webcrypto-liner is a wrapper for WebCrypto designed to address these issues, at the same time it was designed to be modular so that it can also be used for testing the addition of new algorithms to WebCrypto in the future.
Intentionally webcrypto-liner does not implement any cryptography though it does consume libraries that do. We strongly recommend you read "What’s wrong with in-browser cryptography?" before using this library.
The libraries webcrypto-liner relies on include:
| Package | Description | Size | Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| asmcrypto.js | A performant JavaScript implementation of popular cryptographic utilities with performance in mind. | 131Â KB | Yes |
| elliptic | Fast Elliptic Curve Cryptography in plain javascript | 130Â KB | Yes |
| webcrypto-core | A input validation layer for WebCrypto polyfills 1 | 25Â KB | No |
1 This library is compiled into webcrypto-liner.
webcrypto-liner will always try to use a native implementation of webcrypto, or a prefixed version of webcrypto, before it falls back to a Javascript implementation of a given algorithm. We have no control over the corresponding implementation and what it does, for example, it may not use window.crypto.getRandomValues even if it is available and the mechanism it uses to gather randomness may be both insecure and weak.
We have done no security review or take a position on the security of these third-party libraries. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
To keep webcrypto-liner as small as possible (right now it is ~11kb without dependencies) it was designed to be modular, so if you do not need ECC support, do not include elliptic as a dependency and it will not be loaded.
If you do not load any of the dependencies that provide cryptographic implementations webcrypto-liner will work as an interoperability layer, very similar to webcrypto-shim.
webcrypto-liner supports the following algorithms and key lengths:
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| Encryption/Decryption | RSA-OAEP, DES-CBC1, DES-EDE3-CBC1, AES-ECB 1, AES-CBC, AES-ECB and AES-GCM |
| Sign/Verify | RSA-PSS, RSASSA_PKCS1-v1_5 and ECDSA |
| Hash | SHA-1, and SHA-256, SHA-512 |
| Derive Key/Bits | ECDH, PBKDF2 |
| Keywrap | AES-GCM, AES-CBC, AES-ECB 1, DES-CBC1, DES-EDE3-CBC1 |
| ECC Curves | P-256, P-384, P-521, and K-2562 (secp256k1) |
| RSA Key Lengths | 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 |
| AES Key Lengths | 128, 192 and 256 |
1 Mechanism is not defined by the WebCrypto specifications. Use of mechanism in a safe way is hard, it was added for the purpose of enabling interoperability with an existing system. We recommend against its use unless needed for interoperability.
2 K-256 (secp256k1) curve is not defined by the WebCrypto specifications.
You can see the webcrypto-liner in use in the pv-webcrypto-tests page.
Using
1<head> 2 <!-- Crypto providers are optional --> 3 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-polyfill/7.7.0/polyfill.min.js"></script> 4 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/asmCrypto/2.3.2/asmcrypto.all.es5.min.js"></script> 5 <script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/indutny/elliptic/master/dist/elliptic.min.js"></script> 6 <!-- Crypto --> 7 <script src="webcrypto-liner.shim.js"></script> 8</head> 9<body> 10 <script> 11 crypto.subtle.generateKey({name: "AES-GCM", length: 192}, true, ["encrypt", "decrypt"]) 12 .then(function(key){ 13 return crypto.subtle.encrypt({ 14 name: "AES-GCM", 15 iv: new Uint8Array([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]), 16 tagLength: 128 17 }, key, new Uint8Array([1,2,3,4,5])) 18 }) 19 .then(function(enc){ 20 console.log(new Uint8Array(enc)); 21 }) 22 .catch(function(err){ 23 console.log(err.message); // Chrome throws: 192-bit AES keys are not supported 24 }) 25 </script> 26</body>
Dependencies
typescript
npm install typescript --global
Installation
The module has been designed to be useful in ES6 and ES5 projects. The default is ES5 with commonjs, to install and build you would run:
npm install
npm run build
FAQ
- Do I need to use a promise library? - No, not if your browser supports promises.
- Do I need to include asmcrypto.js? No, not unless you want to use the algorithms it exposes.
- Do I need to include elliptic.js? No, not unless you want to use the algorithms it exposes.
- How are random numbers generated? We use two libraries for crypto operations in Javascript, asymcrypto and ellipticjs both rely on window.crypto.getRandomValues where available.
asymcryptoalso has a fallback mechanism where it generates its own random numbers if not present. - How big is the total package? Right now, if you include all optional dependencies (minfied) the package is ~300 KB, if you include only ECC or only RSA support that is lowered to about 180 KB. Additionally you will see GZIP compression provide about 30% savings above and beyond that. If you use
webcrypto-lineras just an interopability shim and do not use any of the optional third-party libraries it will be under 44 KB in size. - Will it work in Node? No. It is compiles to pure Javascript but uses the
windowobject so it wont work in Node at this time. With some minor changes it should also be able to work in Node also but you really should be using node-webcrypto-ossl on Node instead.
Related
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: LICENSE:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: LICENSE:0
Reason
Found 2/25 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/test.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/test.yml:14: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PeculiarVentures/webcrypto-liner/test.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/test.yml:17: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PeculiarVentures/webcrypto-liner/test.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: third-party GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/test.yml:35: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PeculiarVentures/webcrypto-liner/test.yml/master?enable=pin
- Info: 0 out of 2 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 0 out of 1 third-party GitHubAction dependencies pinned
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
security policy file not detected
Details
- Warn: no security policy file detected
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'master'
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 8 are checked with a SAST tool
Reason
11 existing vulnerabilities detected
Details
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-grv7-fg5c-xmjg
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-vh7m-p724-62c2
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-r9p9-mrjm-926w
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-49q7-c7j4-3p7m
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-977x-g7h5-7qgw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-fc9h-whq2-v747
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-952p-6rrq-rcjv
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-gcx4-mw62-g8wm
Score
2.5
/10
Last Scanned on 2024-11-25
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