diaspora_federation/docs/federation/encryption.md

title
Encryption

diaspora* wraps the Salmon [Magic Envelope][magicsig] into a simple JSON structure, to encrypt private messages.

Encrypted Magic Envelope

JSON structure

{
  "aes_key": "...",
  "encrypted_magic_envelope": "..."
}

Key	Description
aes_key	The AES Key JSON encrypted with the recipients public key and then base64 encoded.
encrypted_magic_envelope	The [Magic Envelope][magicsig] encrypted with the aes_key and then base64 encoded.

AES Key JSON structure

{
  "key": "...",
  "iv": "..."
}

Key	Description
key	The base64 encoded AES key.
iv	The base64 encoded AES iv.

Additional information and specifications

• [Magic Envelope][magicsig]

[magicsig]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/magicsig.html#magic-envelope