JA3 Fingerprint

Category: Crypto

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

Input / output: string → string

Background: https://engineering.salesforce.com/tls-fingerprinting-with-ja3-and-ja3s-247362855967

What it does

Generates a JA3 fingerprint to help identify TLS clients based on hashing together values from the Client Hello. Input: A hex stream of the TLS Client Hello packet application layer.

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

Input format

option

'Hex'

'Hex', 'Base64', 'Raw'

1

Output format

option

'Hash digest'

'Hash digest', 'JA3 string', 'Full details'

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 = ['Hex', 'Hash digest']
result = bake(input_value, [{"op": 'JA3 Fingerprint', "args": args}])
print(result)

Pipeline example

from pychef import Pipeline

args = ['Hex', 'Hash digest']
transform = Pipeline().then('JA3 Fingerprint', *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 = ['Hex', 'Hash digest']
result = run_operation('JA3 Fingerprint', "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.ja3_fingerprint. Direct calls receive the input value and a positional argument tuple:

from pychef.operations.by_operation.ja3_fingerprint import run

result = run("example", tuple(['Hex', 'Hash digest']))
pychef.operations.by_operation.ja3_fingerprint.run(value, args)

Run this operation using its shared internal implementation.

Parameters:
  • value (str | bytes)

  • args (Sequence[Any])

Return type:

str | bytes