El Gamal Cipher
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package com.thealgorithms.ciphers;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
/**
* ElGamal Encryption Algorithm Implementation.
*
* <p>
* ElGamal is an asymmetric key encryption algorithm for public-key cryptography
* based on the Diffie–Hellman key exchange. It relies on the difficulty
* of computing discrete logarithms in a cyclic group.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* <strong>Key Features:</strong>
* <ul>
* <li>Uses Safe Primes (p = 2q + 1) to ensure group security.</li>
* <li>Verifies the generator is a primitive root modulo p.</li>
* <li>Stateless design using Java Records.</li>
* <li>SecureRandom for all cryptographic operations.</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* @author Chahat Sandhu, <a href="https://github.com/singhc7">singhc7</a>
* @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElGamal_encryption">ElGamal Encryption (Wikipedia)</a>
* @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_and_Sophie_Germain_primes">Safe Primes</a>
*/
public final class ElGamalCipher {
private static final SecureRandom RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
private static final int PRIME_CERTAINTY = 40;
private static final int MIN_BIT_LENGTH = 256;
private ElGamalCipher() {
}
/**
* A container for the Public and Private keys.
*
* @param p The prime modulus.
* @param g The generator (primitive root).
* @param y The public key component (g^x mod p).
* @param x The private key.
*/
public record KeyPair(BigInteger p, BigInteger g, BigInteger y, BigInteger x) {
}
/**
* Container for the encryption result.
*
* @param a The first component (g^k mod p).
* @param b The second component (y^k * m mod p).
*/
public record CipherText(BigInteger a, BigInteger b) {
}
/**
* Generates a valid ElGamal KeyPair using a Safe Prime.
*
* @param bitLength The bit length of the prime modulus p. Must be at least 256.
* @return A valid KeyPair (p, g, y, x).
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if bitLength is too small.
*/
public static KeyPair generateKeys(int bitLength) {
if (bitLength < MIN_BIT_LENGTH) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bit length must be at least " + MIN_BIT_LENGTH + " for security.");
}
BigInteger p;
BigInteger q;
BigInteger g;
BigInteger x;
BigInteger y;
// Generate Safe Prime p = 2q + 1
do {
q = new BigInteger(bitLength - 1, PRIME_CERTAINTY, RANDOM);
p = q.multiply(BigInteger.TWO).add(BigInteger.ONE);
} while (!p.isProbablePrime(PRIME_CERTAINTY));
// Find a Generator g (Primitive Root modulo p)
do {
g = new BigInteger(bitLength, RANDOM).mod(p.subtract(BigInteger.TWO)).add(BigInteger.TWO);
} while (!isValidGenerator(g, p, q));
// Generate Private Key x in range [2, p-2]
do {
x = new BigInteger(bitLength, RANDOM);
} while (x.compareTo(BigInteger.TWO) < 0 || x.compareTo(p.subtract(BigInteger.TWO)) > 0);
// Compute Public Key y = g^x mod p
y = g.modPow(x, p);
return new KeyPair(p, g, y, x);
}
/**
* Encrypts a message using the public key.
*
* @param message The message converted to BigInteger.
* @param p The prime modulus.
* @param g The generator.
* @param y The public key component.
* @return The CipherText pair (a, b).
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if inputs are null, negative, or message >= p.
*/
public static CipherText encrypt(BigInteger message, BigInteger p, BigInteger g, BigInteger y) {
if (message == null || p == null || g == null || y == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Inputs cannot be null.");
}
if (message.compareTo(BigInteger.ZERO) < 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Message must be non-negative.");
}
if (message.compareTo(p) >= 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Message must be smaller than the prime modulus p.");
}
BigInteger k;
BigInteger pMinus1 = p.subtract(BigInteger.ONE);
// Select ephemeral key k such that 1 < k < p-1 and gcd(k, p-1) = 1
do {
k = new BigInteger(p.bitLength(), RANDOM);
} while (k.compareTo(BigInteger.ONE) <= 0 || k.compareTo(pMinus1) >= 0 || !k.gcd(pMinus1).equals(BigInteger.ONE));
BigInteger a = g.modPow(k, p);
BigInteger b = y.modPow(k, p).multiply(message).mod(p);
return new CipherText(a, b);
}
/**
* Decrypts a ciphertext using the private key.
*
* @param cipher The CipherText (a, b).
* @param x The private key.
* @param p The prime modulus.
* @return The decrypted message as BigInteger.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if inputs are null.
*/
public static BigInteger decrypt(CipherText cipher, BigInteger x, BigInteger p) {
if (cipher == null || x == null || p == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Inputs cannot be null.");
}
BigInteger a = cipher.a();
BigInteger b = cipher.b();
BigInteger s = a.modPow(x, p);
BigInteger sInverse = s.modInverse(p);
return b.multiply(sInverse).mod(p);
}
/**
* Verifies if g is a valid generator for safe prime p = 2q + 1.
*
* @param g The candidate generator.
* @param p The safe prime.
* @param q The Sophie Germain prime (p-1)/2.
* @return True if g is a primitive root, False otherwise.
*/
private static boolean isValidGenerator(BigInteger g, BigInteger p, BigInteger q) {
// Fix: Must use braces {} for all if statements
if (g.equals(BigInteger.ONE)) {
return false;
}
if (g.modPow(BigInteger.TWO, p).equals(BigInteger.ONE)) {
return false;
}
return !g.modPow(q, p).equals(BigInteger.ONE);
}
}