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57<p class="text-center"><a href="cipher.html#encipher">Encipher an Image</a> • <a href="cipher.html#decipher">Decipher an Image</a> • <a href="cipher.html#caveats">Encipher and Decipher Caveats</a></p>
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cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]59<p class="lead magick-description">Most images, by design, are made to be viewed often and by many people. Web images, for example, may be viewed hundreds of times a day by a multitude of vistors. However, in some cases, you may want to keep a particular image private so that only you or perhaps a select group of your friends or web visitors can view it. ImageMagick permits you to scramble your images such that unless someone knows your passphrase, they will be unable to view the original content.</p>
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61<p>You could use an <a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/www/encipher.html">enciphering</a> utility to scramble your image but they typically scramble the entire file making it unrecognizable as an image format. With ImageMagick, only the pixels are scrambled. The scrambled image continues to be recognized as an image and will even display in your web page. However, the content appears as gibberish, nothing like the original content.</p>
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cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]63<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="encipher"></a>Encipher an Image</h2>
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cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]65<p>Use the <a href="command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher</a> option to scramble your image so that it is unrecognizable. The option requires a filename that contains your passphrase. In this example we scramble an image and save it in the PNG format:</p>
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cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]67<p class="crt"><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class="crtin">convert rose.jpg -encipher passphrase.txt rose.png</span></p>
cristybebec402010-04-23 19:19:08 +0000[diff] [blame]68<p>Here we encipher an image using another image as the passphrase:</p>
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cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]70<p class="crt"><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class="crtin">convert rose.jpg -encipher smiley.gif rose.png</span></p>
71<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="decipher"></a>Decipher an Image</h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]72
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]73<p>Use the <a href="command-line-options.html#decipher">-decipher</a> option to unscramble your image so that it is recognizable once again. The option requires a filename that contains your passphrase. In this example we unscramble an image and save it in the JPEG format:</p>
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cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]75<p class="crt"><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class="crtin">convert rose.png -decipher passphrase.txt rose.jpg</span></p>
76<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="caveats"></a>Encipher and Decipher Caveats</h2>
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cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]78<p>Some formats do not support enciphered pixels-- the JPEG or GIF format, for
79example. To ensure your image format is supported, encipher a test image and
cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]80verify you can restore its original content <var>before</var> you encipher any
cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]81additional images in that format.</p>
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cristy8ee7f242013-06-20 16:08:44 +0000[diff] [blame]83<p>The image format may only support 8-bit and RGB (TrueColor). As such you may
cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]84like to include the options "-depth 8 -type TrueColor" before the output
cristy8ee7f242013-06-20 16:08:44 +0000[diff] [blame]85filename.</p>
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cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]87<p>The passphrase can be any combinations of letters and symbols. It should
88be a minimum of 12 character combinations to help ensure your image remains
89private. Also make sure your passphrase file permissions prevent others from
90reading it otherwise unintended users may be able to view the original image
91content.</p>
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cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]93<p>You can only restore the original image content if you know your
94passphrase. If you lose or forget it, your original image content is lost
95forever.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]96
cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]97<p>ImageMagick only scrambles the image pixels. The image metadata remains
98untouched and readable by anyone with access to the image file.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]99
cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]100<p>ImageMagick uses the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard">AES</a>
cristy8ee7f242013-06-20 16:08:44 +0000[diff] [blame]101cipher in Counter mode. We use the the first half of your passphrase to derive the nonce. The second half is the cipher key. When used correctly, AES-CTR provides a high level of confidentiality. To avoid information leaks, you must use a fresh passphrase for each image your encrypt.</p>
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103<p>Currently only ImageMagick can restore your enciphered image content. We
cristy8ee7f242013-06-20 16:08:44 +0000[diff] [blame]104use a standard cipher and mode so other vendors are could support enciphered image content.</p>
cristyd0bda5e2010-09-21 16:22:45 +0000[diff] [blame]105
106<p>Some small practical examples of image enciphering can be found in IM
cristyd2432012015-05-04 23:15:15 +0000[diff] [blame]107Examples <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/transform/#encipher">Encrypting Image Data</a>. </p>
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