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How to Generate and Verify HMAC Signatures in Python

Create and validate HMAC-SHA256 signatures with a shared secret key using Python's hmac and hashlib modules.

hmac security cryptography
Python
import hashlib
import hmac

SECRET_KEY = b"pepper-secret-2024"

def generate_hmac(message: str) -> str:
    return hmac.new(SECRET_KEY, message.encode("utf-8"), hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()

def verify_hmac(message: str, received_hmac: str) -> bool:
    expected = generate_hmac(message)
    return hmac.compare_digest(e…
15 0 Open
Auth & security at scale medium

How to Mock KMS Envelope Encryption in Python

Demonstrates a minimal mock of AWS KMS envelope encryption flow with AES-GCM data key wrapping and unwrapping.

kms encryption aes-gcm
Python
import base64
import json
import os
import hashlib


class MockKMS:
    """Minimal mock of AWS KMS envelope encryption flow."""

    def generate_data_key(self):
        # Simulate KMS returning a plaintext and encrypted data key
        plaintext_key = os.urandom(32)
        encrypted_key = hashlib.sha256(plaintext_k…
13 0 Open
Auth & security at scale medium

How to Sign and Verify with Ed25519 in Python

A minimal Ed25519 sign-and-verify helper that generates a key pair, signs a message, and checks the signature with the cryptography library.

ed25519 cryptography signing
Python
import hashlib
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ed25519
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization

def sign_verify_mock(
    message: bytes,
    private_key: ed25519.Ed25519PrivateKey,
    public_key: ed25519.Ed25519PublicKey
) -> tuple[bool, bytes]:
    signature = private_key.sign…
13 0 Open
Auth & security at scale medium

How to sign and verify JWT RS256 in Python

Generate RSA keys, create a JWT signed with RS256, verify its signature, and decode the payload using the cryptography library.

jwt rs256 rsa
Python
import json
import time
import base64
import hmac
import hashlib
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization, hashes
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import padding
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.utils import encode_ds…
13 0 Open
Auth & security at scale medium

Implement RSA OAEP Padding in Python

Implements OAEP-style padding with MGF1 using SHA-256 from the Python standard library for RSA encryption prep.

rsa oaep cryptography
Python
import os
import hashlib


def mgf1(seed, length, hash_func=hashlib.sha256):
    """MGF1 mask generation function."""
    output = b""
    counter = 0
    while len(output) < length:
        c = counter.to_bytes(4, "big")
        output += hash_func(seed + c).digest()
        counter += 1
    return output[:length]


…
12 0 Open

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