md5-analyzer init

src/basic-decrypt.py

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 """
 This script is really bad and hacky, don't expect it to do anything.
 you also need the chiffrat.txt file in the same directory.
 
-License: MIT
-author: Christoph J. Scherr <software@cscherr.de>
-source: https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/python-dhbw/src/branch/master/src/basic-decrypt.py
+@license: MIT
+@author: Christoph J. Scherr <software@cscherr.de>
+@source: https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/python-dhbw/src/branch/master/src/basic-decrypt.py
 """
-
 MAX_IN_LINE = 16
 DE_MOST_COMMON = ['E', 'N', 'I', 'R', 'A']
 EN_MOST_COMMON = ['E', 'T', 'A', 'O', 'I']

src/calchash.py

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# this is literal garbage
-# does not even work for the bad hash
-def calcHash():
-    message = list('A' * 4)
-
-    accu = int("a5a5a5a55a5a5a5a55555555aaaaaaaa", 16)
-
-    for i in range(0, len(message)):
-        message[i] = hex(ord(message[i]))[2:]
-
-    if len(message) % 16 != 0:
-        remainder = -((len(message) % 16) - 16);
-        for i in range(0, remainder):
-            message.append("FF")
-
-    chunks = []
-
-    for i in range(0, len(message), 16):
-        chunk = "".join(message[i:i+16])
-        chunks.append(chunk)
-
-    for B in chunks:
-        accu = accu ^ int(B, 16)
-
-    print(accu)
-    return accu
-
-calcHash()

src/md5-analyzer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+A small script to help analyze the md5 hash function.
+
+@author Christoph J. Scherr <software@cscherr.de>
+@license MIT
+@source: https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/python-dhbw/src/branch/master/src/md5-analyzer.py
+"""
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="md5-analyzer", description='md5 analyzer for a cryptography assignment')
+    parser.add_argument('--hash', type=str,
+                    help='an input that should be hashed.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.hash:
+        print("Hash for '%s':\n%s" % (
+            args.hash,
+            hashlib.md5(args.hash.encode()).digest().hex()
+            ))
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/trash-hash.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 """
 Dirty hash we covered in an excercise for Week 16 of 2023 in cryptography
 
-author: Christoph J. Scherr <software@cscherr.de>
-version control at: https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/python-dhbw/src/branch/master/src/trash-hash.py
-License: MIT
+@author: Christoph J. Scherr <software@cscherr.de>
+@source: https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/python-dhbw/src/branch/master/src/trash-hash.py
+@license: MIT
 """
 import math
 import argparse