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# AWS Encryption SDK for Elixir
An Elixir implementation of the [AWS Encryption SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/encryption-sdk/latest/developer-guide/introduction.html), providing client-side encryption compatible with all other AWS Encryption SDK implementations (Python, Java, JavaScript, C, CLI).
## Current Status
**Version**: 0.4.0 (pre-release)
### Implemented Features
- ✅ Algorithm suite definitions (all 11 ESDK suites)
- ✅ HKDF key derivation per [RFC 5869](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5869)
- ✅ Message format serialization/deserialization (v1 and v2 headers)
- ✅ Basic encrypt/decrypt operations
- ✅ Framed and non-framed body formats
- ✅ Key commitment verification for committed algorithm suites
- ✅ Test vector harness for cross-SDK compatibility testing
- ✅ Keyring behaviour interface
- ✅ Raw AES keyring
- ✅ Raw RSA keyring (all 5 padding schemes)
- ✅ Multi-keyring composition
- ✅ Cryptographic Materials Manager (CMM) with Default implementation
- ✅ Client module with commitment policy enforcement
- ✅ ECDSA signing for signed algorithm suites (P-384)
- ✅ Support for all 17 algorithm suites
### Not Yet Implemented
- ❌ AWS KMS keyring
- ❌ Streaming encryption/decryption
### Test Coverage
- 469 tests passing
- 93.8% code coverage
## Installation
Add `aws_encryption_sdk` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:aws_encryption_sdk, "~> 0.4.0"}
]
end
```
## Usage
> **Note**: The current implementation requires you to provide your own key material.
> Keyring support (including AWS KMS integration) is coming in a future release.
### Basic Encryption
```elixir
alias AwsEncryptionSdk.AlgorithmSuite
alias AwsEncryptionSdk.Encrypt
alias AwsEncryptionSdk.Decrypt
alias AwsEncryptionSdk.Materials.{EncryptionMaterials, DecryptionMaterials}
# Get the default algorithm suite (AES-256-GCM with key commitment)
suite = AlgorithmSuite.default_suite()
# Create encryption materials with your data key
materials = %EncryptionMaterials{
algorithm_suite: suite,
plaintext_data_key: :crypto.strong_rand_bytes(32),
encryption_context: %{"purpose" => "example", "tenant" => "test"},
encrypted_data_keys: [] # Would normally come from a keyring
}
# Encrypt data
plaintext = "Hello, World!"
{:ok, ciphertext} = Encrypt.encrypt(materials, plaintext)
# Decrypt data
decryption_materials = %DecryptionMaterials{
algorithm_suite: suite,
plaintext_data_key: materials.plaintext_data_key,
encryption_context: materials.encryption_context
}
{:ok, decrypted} = Decrypt.decrypt(decryption_materials, ciphertext)
# decrypted == "Hello, World!"
```
## Requirements
- Elixir 1.16 or later
- Erlang/OTP 26 or later
## What's Next
See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for detailed change history.
**Planned for future releases:**
1. **Keyrings** - Raw RSA and AWS KMS keyrings
2. **CMM** - Cryptographic Materials Manager with caching
3. **Streaming** - Large file encryption/decryption
4. **Signatures** - ECDSA signing for signed algorithm suites
## Related Projects
### Official AWS Encryption SDKs
- [Python](https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-python)
- [Java](https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-java)
- [JavaScript](https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-javascript)
- [C](https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-c)
- [CLI](https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-cli)
### Specification
- [AWS Encryption SDK Specification](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-encryption-sdk-specification)
- [Test Vectors](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-encryption-sdk-test-vectors)
## Contributing
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
## License
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.