blowfish-algorithm-gun

A repository to develop a simple blowfish algorithm to encrypt data such as text and other filetypes are coming soon.

The Blowfish Encryption Algorithm

Blowfish is a symmetric block cipher that can be used as a drop-in replacement for DES or IDEA. It takes a variable-length key, from 32 bits to 448 bits, making it ideal for both domestic and exportable use. Blowfish was designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier as a fast, free alternative to existing encryption algorithms. Since then it has been analyzed considerably, and it is slowly gaining acceptance as a strong encryption algorithm. Blowfish is unpatented and license-free, and is available free for all uses. (Schneier)

Quoted from Schneier

Everyone is welcome to download Blowfish and use it in their application. There are no rules about use, although I would appreciate being notified of any commercial applications using the product so that I can list them on this website.

Pseudocode

Below you can find the pseudocode for Blowfish Algorithm. This code includes the encryption and decryption function which are the basic process in Blowfish. This pseudocode is referenced from Wiki.

uint32_t P[18];
uint32_t S[4][256];

uint32_t f (uint32_t x) {
   uint32_t h = S[0][x >> 24] + S[1][x >> 16 & 0xff];
   return ( h ^ S[2][x >> 8 & 0xff] ) + S[3][x & 0xff];
}

void encrypt (uint32_t & L, uint32_t & R) {
   for (int i=0 ; i<16 ; i += 2) {
      L ^= P[i];
      R ^= f(L);
      R ^= P[i+1];
      L ^= f(R);
   }
   L ^= P[16];
   R ^= P[17];
   swap (L, R);
}

void decrypt (uint32_t & L, uint32_t & R) {
   for (int i=16 ; i > 0 ; i -= 2) {
      L ^= P[i+1];
      R ^= f(L);
      R ^= P[i];
      L ^= f(R);
   }
   L ^= P[1];
   R ^= P[0];
   swap (L, R);
}

  // ...
  // initializing the P-array and S-boxes with values derived from pi; omitted in the example
  // ...
{
   for (int i=0 ; i<18 ; ++i)
      P[i] ^= key[i % keylen];
   uint32_t L = 0, R = 0;
   for (int i=0 ; i<18 ; i+=2) {
      encrypt (L, R);
      P[i] = L; P[i+1] = R;
   }
   for (int i=0 ; i<4 ; ++i)
      for (int j=0 ; j<256; j+=2) {
         encrypt (L, R);
         S[i][j] = L; S[i][j+1] = R;
      }
}