Ascon Encrypt

Category: Ciphers

Status: Registered and callable in the CyberChef 11.3.0 compatibility inventory.

Input / output: string → string

Background: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascon_(cipher)

What it does

Ascon-AEAD128 authenticated encryption as standardised in NIST SP 800-232. Ascon is a family of lightweight authenticated encryption algorithms designed for constrained devices such as IoT sensors and embedded systems. Key: Must be exactly 16 bytes (128 bits). Nonce: Must be exactly 16 bytes (128 bits). Should be unique for each encryption with the same key. Never reuse a nonce with the same key. Associated Data: Optional additional data that is authenticated but not encrypted. Useful for including metadata like headers or timestamps. The output includes both the ciphertext and a 128-bit authentication tag.

Note

Status here means the operation name is implemented and callable. It does not by itself promise byte-for-byte parity for every upstream option. See Compatibility and current status for the verified scope and known boundaries.

Arguments and options

Arguments are positional. Keep their order when using bake() or Pipeline.then().

Index	Name	UI type	PyChef default	Accepted values / format
`0`	Key	`toggleString`	`{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}`	`''`
`1`	Nonce	`toggleString`	`{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}`	`''`
`2`	Associated Data	`toggleString`	`{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}`	`''`
`3`	Input	`option`	`'Raw'`	`'Raw'`, `'Hex'`
`4`	Output	`option`	`'Hex'`	`'Hex'`, `'Raw'`

Recipe template

Important

This is a call template built from the documented defaults. Replace placeholder values such as empty keys, paths, patterns, or lookup data before running it.

from pychef import bake

input_value = "example"
args = [{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, 'Raw', 'Hex']
result = bake(input_value, [{"op": 'Ascon Encrypt', "args": args}])
print(result)

Pipeline example

from pychef import Pipeline

args = [{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, 'Raw', 'Hex']
transform = Pipeline().then('Ascon Encrypt', *args)
result = transform("example")

Direct call

pychef.ops.run_operation runs any registered operation as a plain function, under the active ExecutionPolicy (safe defaults, no network):

from pychef.ops import run_operation

args = [{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, 'Raw', 'Hex']
result = run_operation('Ascon Encrypt', "example", args=args)

Common operations also have typed helpers in Direct operations.

Low-level operation module

Warning

The module below is an internal implementation detail. It applies no execution policy, resource limits, or error sanitization; prefer bake(), Pipeline, or pychef.ops for application code.

The registered entry point lives in pychef.operations.by_operation.ascon_encrypt. Direct calls receive the input value and a positional argument tuple:

from pychef.operations.by_operation.ascon_encrypt import run

result = run("example", tuple([{'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, {'string': '', 'option': 'Hex'}, 'Raw', 'Hex']))

pychef.operations.by_operation.ascon_encrypt.run(value, args)

Run this operation using its shared internal implementation.

Parameters:

value (str | bytes)
args (Sequence[Any])

Return type:

str | bytes