python:samba: add a generic arcfour_encrypt() helper function

This works with Crypto.Cipher.ARC4 (from python*-crypto) and
fallback to M2Crypto.RC4.RC4 (from [python*-]m2crypto).

BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11699

Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>
(cherry picked from commit 078a7ae71081c24991bb34c818cc2c763eefad99)

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/python/samba/__init__.py b/python/samba/__init__.py
index 6adc412948d..aaf335c134e 100644
--- a/python/samba/__init__.py
+++ b/python/samba/__init__.py
@@ -370,6 +370,22 @@ def string_to_byte_array(string):
 
     return blob
 
+def arcfour_encrypt(key, data):
+    try:
+        from Crypto.Cipher import ARC4
+        c = ARC4.new(key)
+        return c.encrypt(data)
+    except ImportError as e:
+        pass
+    try:
+        from M2Crypto.RC4 import RC4
+        c = RC4(key)
+        return c.update(data)
+    except ImportError as e:
+        pass
+    raise Exception("arcfour_encrypt() requires " +
+                    "python*-crypto or python*-m2crypto or m2crypto")
+
 import _glue
 version = _glue.version
 interface_ips = _glue.interface_ips