ProtectStrings.psm1

### --- PUBLIC FUNCTIONS --- ###
#Region - Export-MasterPassword.ps1
Function Export-MasterPassword {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Export the currently set Master Password to a text file
    .Description
    Function to retrieve the currently set master password and export it to a text file for transportation between systems or backup.
    Similar in end result to generating an AES key and saving it to file.
    .Parameter FilePath
    Destination full path (including file name) for exported AES Key.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Export-MasterPassword -FilePath C:\temp\keyfile.txt
 
 
    this will convert the current session AES key from a SecureString object to its raw byte values, encode in Base64
    and export it to a file called keyfile.txt
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 3/28/2022
    Purpose/Change: Initial function development
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [validatescript({
            if( -not ($_.DirectoryName | test-path) ){
                throw "Folder does not exist"
                }
                return $true
        })]
        [Alias('Path')]
        [System.IO.FileInfo]$FilePath
    )

    Begin {
        $SecureAESKey = Try {
            $Global:AESMP
        } Catch {
            # do nothing
        }
    }

    Process {
        if ($SecureAESKey) {
            Write-Verbose "Stored AES key found"
            $ClearTextAESKey = ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText $SecureAESKey
            Write-Verbose "Converting to Base64 before export"
            $EncodedKey = ConvertTo-Base64 -TextString $ClearTextAESKey
            Write-Verbose "Saving to $Filepath with Encoded key:"
            Out-File -FilePath $FilePath -InputObject $EncodedKey -Force
        } else {
            Write-Warning "No key found to export"
        }
    }

}
#Region - Get-AESKeyConfig.ps1
Function Get-AESKeyConfig {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Function to retrieve settings for use with PBKDF2 to create an AES Key
    .NOTES
    Version: 3.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 4/12/2024
    Purpose/Change: Overhaul for storing defaults in function, and retrieving custom settings from ENV variable
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        # No Parameters
    )

    if ($EnvConfig = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("ProtectStrings","User")) {
        try {
            $Settings = $EnvConfig | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
        } catch {
            throw $_
        }
    } else {
        # Default settings
        $Settings = @{
            Salt = 'fMK9w4HDtMO4d8Oa4pmAw6U+fknCqWvil4Q9w73DscOtw64='
            Iterations = 600000
            Hash = 'SHA256'
        }
    }
    $Settings
}
#Region - Get-MasterPassword.ps1
Function Get-MasterPassword {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Returns the saved MasterPassword derived key.
    .Description
    This function is mostly used to verify that a MasterPassword is currently stored. It returns a SecureString object with the current stored AES key.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Get-MasterPassword
 
    does stuff
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 3/28/2022
    Purpose/Change: Initial function development
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Switch]$Boolean
    )
    Write-Verbose "Checking for stored AES key"

    if ($Boolean) {
        Get-AESMPVariable -Boolean
    } else {
        Get-AESMPVariable
    }

}
#Region - Import-MasterPassword.ps1
Function Import-MasterPassword {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Import a previously exported master password from a text file
    .Description
    Function to import a previously exported master password keyfile and save it in the current session as the master password.
    .Parameter FilePath
    Destination full path (including file name) for the file containing the exported AES Key.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Import-MasterPassword -FilePath C:\temp\keyfile.txt
 
 
    This will important the key from keyfile.txt and store it in the current Powershell session as the Master Password.
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 3/28/2022
    Purpose/Change: Initial function development
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [validatescript({
            if( -not ($_ | test-path) ){
                throw "File does not exist"
                }
            if(-not ( $_ | test-path -PathType Leaf) ){
                throw "The -FilePath argument must be a file"
                }
                return $true
        })]
        [Alias('Path')]
        [System.IO.FileInfo]$FilePath
    )

    Begin {
        Try {
            Write-Verbose "Retreiving file content from: $FilePath"
            $EncodedKey = Get-Content -Path $FilePath -ErrorAction Stop
        } Catch {
            Write-Error $_
        }
    }

    Process {
        If ($EncodedKey) {
            $ClearTextAESKey = ConvertFrom-Base64 -TextString $EncodedKey
            Write-Verbose "Storing AES Key to current session"
            $SecureAESKey = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $ClearTextAESKey -AsPlainText -Force
            Set-AESMPVariable -MPKey $SecureAESKey
        }
    }

}
#Region - Protect-String.ps1
Function Protect-String {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Encrypt a provided string with DPAPI or AES 256-bit encryption and return the cipher text.
    .Description
    This function will encrypt provided string text with either Microsoft's DPAPI or AES 256-bit encryption. By default it will use DPAPI unless specified.
    Returns a string object of Base64 encoded text.
    .Parameter InputString
    This is the string text you wish to protect with encryption. Can be provided via the pipeline.
    .Parameter Encryption
    Specify either DPAPI or AES encryption. AES is the default if not specified. DPAPI is not recommended on non-Windows systems are there is no encryption for SecureStrings.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Protect-String "Secret message"
    D01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000001a8fc10bbb86cc449a5103047b4b246d0000000002000000000003660000c0000000100000003960a9bffe1fcf050567397531eb71da0000000004800000a00000001000000098435688c310d7254279e472ce2bf2b820000000eaca228aae688c9f8dc1eb304178078cbe0d54364b922d453b8899ca3b438c5a14000000848a67d2fb9c54bd64833d89387c0f4193422ff5?TE5JUEMyMjIxNTBMXEJvZGV0dEM=
 
    This command will encrypt the provided string with DPAPI encryption and return the encoded cipher text.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Protect-String "Secret message" -Encryption AES
    Enter Master Password: ********
    A7B3uXRDkDZkejQVQhwqn2I4KJjsxfqCbc1a+9Jgg620=
 
    This command will encrypt the provided string with AES 256-bit encryption. If no Master Password is found in the current session (set with Set-MasterPassword) then it will prompt for one to be set.
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.3
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 12/5/2024
    Purpose/Change: Changed how output is handled to reduce length
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [String]$InputString,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 1)]
        [ValidateSet("DPAPI","AES")]
        [String]$Encryption = "AES"
    )
    
    Begin {
        Write-Verbose "Encryption Type: $Encryption"
        If ($Encryption -eq "AES") {
            Write-Verbose "Retrieving Master Password key"
            $SecureAESKey = Get-AESMPVariable
            $ClearTextAESKey = ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText $SecureAESKey
            $AESKey = Convert-HexStringToByteArray -HexString $ClearTextAESKey
        }
        If (Test-Path Variable:IsWindows) {
            # we know we're not running on Windows since $IsWindows was introduced in v6
            If (-not($IsWindows) -and ($Encryption.ToUpper() -eq "DPAPI")) {
                throw "Cannot use DPAPI encryption on non-Windows host. Please use AES instead."
            }
        }
    }

    Process {
        Switch ($Encryption) {
            "DPAPI" {
                Try {
                    Write-Verbose "Converting string text to a SecureString object"
                    $ConvertedString = ConvertTo-SecureString $InputString -AsPlainText -Force | ConvertFrom-SecureString
                    $CipherObject = New-CipherObject -Encryption "DPAPI" -CipherText $ConvertedString
                    $CipherObject.DPAPIIdentity = Get-DPAPIIdentity
                    Write-Verbose "DPAPI Identity: $($CipherObject.DPAPIIdentity)"
                    #$JSONObject = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $CipherObject -Compress
                    #$JSONBytes = ConvertTo-Bytes -InputString $JSONObject -Encoding UTF8
                    #$EncodedOutput = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($JSONBytes)
                    #$EncodedOutput
                    $CipherObject.ToCompressed()
                } Catch {
                    Write-Error $_
                }
            }
            "AES" {
                Try {
                    Write-Verbose "Encrypting string text with AES 256-bit"
                    $ConvertedString = ConvertTo-AESCipherText -InputString $InputString -Key $AESKey -ErrorAction Stop
                    $CipherObject = New-CipherObject -Encryption "AES" -CipherText $ConvertedString
                    #$JSONObject = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $CipherObject -Compress
                    #$JSONBytes = ConvertTo-Bytes -InputString $JSONObject -Encoding UTF8
                    #$EncodedOutput = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($JSONBytes)
                    #$EncodedOutput
                    $CipherObject.ToCompressed()
                } Catch {
                    Write-Error $_
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
#Region - Remove-MasterPassword.ps1
Function Remove-MasterPassword {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Removes the Master Password stored in the current session
    .Description
    The Master Password is stored as a Secure String object in memory for the current session. Should you wish to clear it manually you can do so with this function.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Remove-MasterPassword
 
    This will erase the currently saved master password.
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 3/28/2022
    Purpose/Change: Initial function development
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
    )
    Write-Verbose "Removing master password from current session"
    Clear-AESMPVariable

}
#Region - Set-AESKeyConfig.ps1
Function Set-AESKeyConfig {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Control the settings for use with PBKDF2 to create an AES Key
    .Description
    Allows custom configuration of the parameters associated with the PBKDF2 key generation. User can dictate the Salt, Iterations and Hash algorithm.
    If called with no parameters the default settings are saved to an Environment variable named ProtectStrings.
    .Parameter SaltString
    Provide a custom string to be used as the Salt bytes in PBKDF2 generation. Must be at least 16 bytes in length.
    .Parameter SaltBytes
    A byte array of at least 16 bytes can be provided for a custom salt value.
    .Parameter Iterations
    Specify the number of iterations PBKDF2 should use. 600000 is the default.
    .Parameter Hash
    Specify the Hash type used with PBKDF2. Accetable values are: 'MD5','SHA1','SHA256','SHA384','SHA512'.
    .Parameter Defaults
    Removes the Environment variable containing config.
    .NOTES
    Version: 3.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 4/12/2024
    Purpose/Change: Moved parameter validation to Param Block and changed storage method from file to ENV variable
    #>

    [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'none')]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "SaltString")]
        [ValidateScript({
            if ([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($_).Count -lt 16) {
                Throw "Salt must be at least 16 bytes in length"
            } else {
                return $true
            }
        })]
        [String]$SaltString,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "SaltBytes")]
        [ValidateCount(16,256)]
        [Byte[]]$SaltBytes,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
        [Int32]$Iterations,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
        [ValidateSet('MD5','SHA1','SHA256','SHA384','SHA512')]
        [String]$Hash,
        [Switch]$Defaults
    )

    $Settings = Get-AESKeyConfig

    if (-not($Defaults)) {
        Switch ($PSBoundParameters.Keys) {
            'SaltString' {
                try {
                    $Settings.Salt = ConvertTo-Base64 -TextString $SaltString
                } catch {
                    Throw $_
                }
            }
            'SaltBytes' {
                try {
                    $Settings.Salt = ConvertTo-Base64 -Bytes $SaltBytes
                } catch {
                    Throw $_
                }
            }
            'Iterations'    { 
                $Settings.Iterations = $Iterations
            }
            'Hash'          { 
                $Settings.Hash = $Hash
            }
        }
$VMsg = @"
`r`n Saving settings to ENV:ProtectStrings
        Salt........: $($Settings.Salt)
        Iterations..: $($Settings.Iterations)
        Hash........: $($Settings.Hash)
"@

        Write-Verbose $VMsg
        [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("ProtectStrings", ($Settings | ConvertTo-Json -Compress), "User")
    } else {
        [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("ProtectStrings", $null, "User")
    }
}
#Region - Set-MasterPassword.ps1
Function Set-MasterPassword {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Securely retrieves from console the desired master password and saves it for the current session.
    .Description
    Takes a user provided master password as a secure string object and creates a unique AES 256 bit key from it and stores that as a SecureString object in memory for the current session.
    .Parameter MasterPassword
    If you already have a password in a variable as a SecureString object you can pass it to this function.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Set-MasterPassword
    Enter Master Password: ********
 
    In this example you will be prompted to provide a password. It will then be silently stored in the current session.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> $Pass = Read-Host -AsSecureString
    *****************
    PS C:\> Set-MasterPassword -MasterPassword $Pass
 
 
    Here the desired master password is saved beforehand in the variable $Pass and then passed to the Set-MasterPassword function.
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.0
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 3/28/2022
    Purpose/Change: Initial function development
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 0)]
        [SecureString]$MasterPassword 
    )

    If (-not ($MasterPassword)) {
        $MasterPassword = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter Master Password" -AsSecureString
    }

    Try {
        Write-Verbose "Generating a 256-bit AES key from provided password"
        $SecureAESKey = ConvertTo-AESKey $MasterPassword
    } Catch {
        throw $_
    }
    Write-Verbose "Storing key for use within this session. Can be removed with Remove-MasterPassword"
    Set-AESMPVariable -MPKey $SecureAESKey
}
#Region - Unprotect-String.ps1
Function UnProtect-String {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Decrypt a provided string using either DPAPI or AES encryption
    .Description
    This function will decode the provided protected text, and automatically determine if it was encrypted using DPAPI or AES encryption.
    If no master password has been set it will prompt for one.
    If there is a decryption problem it will notify.
    .Parameter InputString
    This is the protected text previously produced by the ProtectStrings module. Encryption type will be automatically determined.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Protect-String "Secret message"
    D01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000001a8fc10bbb86cc449a5103047b4b246d0000000002000000000003660000c0000000100000003960a9bffe1fcf050567397531eb71da0000000004800000a00000001000000098435688c310d7254279e472ce2bf2b820000000eaca228aae688c9f8dc1eb304178078cbe0d54364b922d453b8899ca3b438c5a14000000848a67d2fb9c54bd64833d89387c0f4193422ff5?TE5JUEMyMjIxNTBMXEJvZGV0dEM=
 
    This command will encrypt the provided string with DPAPI encryption and return the encoded cipher text.
 
    PS C:\> Unprotect-String 'D01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000001a8fc10bbb86cc449a5103047b4b246d0000000002000000000003660000c0000000100000003960a9bffe1fcf050567397531eb71da0000000004800000a00000001000000098435688c310d7254279e472ce2bf2b820000000eaca228aae688c9f8dc1eb304178078cbe0d54364b922d453b8899ca3b438c5a14000000848a67d2fb9c54bd64833d89387c0f4193422ff5?TE5JUEMyMjIxNTBMXEJvZGV0dEM='
    Secret message
 
    Feeding the previously output protected text to Unprotect-String will decrypt it and return the original string text.
    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Protect-String "Secret message" -Encryption AES
    Enter Master Password: ********
    A7B3uXRDkDZkejQVQhwqn2I4KJjsxfqCbc1a+9Jgg620=
 
    This command will encrypt the provided string with AES 256-bit encryption. If no Master Password is found in the current session (set with Set-MasterPassword) then it will prompt for one to be set.
 
    PS C:\> Clear-MasterPassword
    PS C:\> Unprotect-String 'A7B3uXRDkDZkejQVQhwqn2I4KJjsxfqCbc1a+9Jgg620='
    Enter Master Password: ********
    Secret message
 
    Clearing the master password from the sessino, providing the previously protected text to Unprotect-String will prompt for a master password and then decrypt the text and return the original string text.
    .NOTES
    Version: 1.4.
    Author: C. Bodett
    Creation Date: 12/5/2024
    Purpose/Change: updated to handle the new output type from Protect-String
    #>

    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [String]$InputString
    )
    
    Process {
        Write-Verbose "Converting supplied text to a Cipher Object for ProtectStrings"
        $CipherObject = Try {
            ConvertTo-CipherObject $InputString -ErrorAction Stop
        } Catch {
            Write-Warning "Supplied text could not be converted to a Cipher Object. Verify that it was produced by Protect-String."
            return
        }
        Write-Verbose "Encryption type: $($CipherObject.Encryption)"
        If ($CipherObject.Encryption -eq "AES") {
            $SecureAESKey = Get-AESMPVariable
            $ClearTextAESKey = ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText $SecureAESKey
            $AESKey = Convert-HexStringToByteArray -HexString $ClearTextAESKey
        }

        Switch ($CipherObject.Encryption) {
            "DPAPI" {
                Try {
                    Write-Verbose "Attempting to create a SecureString object from DPAPI cipher text"
                    $SecureStringObj = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $CipherObject.CipherText -ErrorAction Stop
                    $ConvertedString = ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText -StringObj $SecureStringObj -ErrorAction Stop
                    $ConvertedString
                } Catch {
                    Write-Warning "Unable to decrypt as this user on this machine"
                    Write-Verbose "String protected by Identity: $($CipherObject.DPAPIIdentity)"
                }
            }
            "AES" {
                Try {
                    Write-Verbose "Attempting to decrypt AES cipher text"
                    $ConvertedString = ConvertFrom-AESCipherText -InputCipherText $CipherObject.CipherText -Key $AESKey -ErrorAction Stop
                    $ConvertedString
                } Catch {
                    Write-Warning "Failed to decrypt. Incorrect AES key. Check your Master Password."
                    Clear-AESMPVariable
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
### --- PRIVATE FUNCTIONS --- ###
#Region - Clear-AESMPVariable.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Clear the global variable of the previously stored master password/key
.NOTES
Version: 1.0
Author: C. Bodett
Creation Date: 03/28/2022
Purpose/Change: Initial function development
#>

Function Clear-AESMPVariable {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
    )

    Process {
        Write-Verbose "Clearing global variable where AES key is stored"
        Remove-Variable -Name "AESMP" -Force -Scope Global -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}
#Region - Convert-HexStringToByteArray.ps1
<#.Synopsis
Converts a hexidecimal string in to an array of bytes
.Example
Any of the following is valid input
 
0x41,0x42,0x43,0x44
\x41\x42\x43\x44
41-42-43-44
41424344
#>

Function Convert-HexStringToByteArray {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,ValueFromPipeline = $true,Position = 0)]
        [String]$HexString
    )

    Process {
        $Regex1 = '\b0x\B|\\\x78|-|,|:'
        # convert to lowercase and remove all possible deliminating characters
        $String = $HexString.ToLower() -replace $Regex1,''

        # Remove beginning and ending colons, and other detritus.
        $Regex2 = '^:+|:+$|x|\\'
        $String = $String -replace $Regex2,''

        $ByteArray = if ($String.Length -eq 1) {
                        [System.Convert]::ToByte($String,16)
                    } else {
                        $String -Split '(..)' -ne '' | foreach-object {
                            [System.Convert]::ToByte($_,16)
                        }
                    }
        Write-Output $ByteArray -NoEnumerate
    }

}
#Region - ConvertFrom-AESCipherText.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Convert input AES Cipher text to plain text
#>

Function ConvertFrom-AESCipherText {
        [cmdletbinding()]
        param(
            [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true,Position = 0,Mandatory = $true)]
            [string]$InputCipherText,
            [Parameter(Position = 1,Mandatory = $true)]
            [Byte[]]$Key
        )
    
        Process {
            Write-Verbose "Creating new AES Cipher object with supplied key"
            $AESCipher = Initialize-AESCipher -Key $Key
            Write-Verbose "Convert input text from Base64"
            $EncryptedBytes = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($InputCipherText)
            Write-Verbose "Using the first 16 bytes as the initialization vector"
            $AESCipher.IV = $EncryptedBytes[0..15]
            Write-Verbose "Decrypting AES cipher text"
            $Decryptor = $AESCipher.CreateDecryptor()
            $UnencryptedBytes = $Decryptor.TransformFinalBlock($EncryptedBytes, 16, $EncryptedBytes.Length - 16)
            $ConvertedString = ConvertFrom-Bytes -InputBytes $UnencryptedBytes -Encoding UTF8
            $ConvertedString
        }
        End {
            Write-Verbose "Disposing of AES Cipher object"
            $AESCipher.Dispose()
        }

}
#Region - ConvertFrom-Base64.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Converts a Base64 string in to plaintext.
.Description
Takes a Base64 string as a parameter, either directly or from the pipeline, and converts it in to plaintext.
.Parameter TextString
The Base64 string. Can come from the pipeline.
.Parameter Encoding
Default encoding is UTF8, but this can be Unicode or UTF8 if you're having problems.
.Parameter OutputType
Select whether to return the decoded value as a string or a byte array
.NOTES
Version: 1.0
Author: C. Bodett
Creation Date: 9/14/2021
Purpose/Change: Initial function development.
#>

Function ConvertFrom-Base64 {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 0, Mandatory = $true)]
        [String]$TextString,
        [Parameter(Position = 1)]
        [ValidateSet('UTF8','Unicode')]
        [String]$Encoding = 'UTF8',
        [Parameter(Position = 2)]
        [ValidateSet('Bytes','String')]
        [String]$OutputType = 'String'
    )

    if ($OutputType -eq 'String') {
        $Decoded = [System.Text.Encoding]::$encoding.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($TextString))
    } else {
        $Decoded = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($TextString)
    }
    $Decoded
}
#Region - ConvertFrom-Bytes.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Gets string from supplied input bytes
#>

Function ConvertFrom-Bytes{
        [cmdletbinding()]
        param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Position=0,Mandatory=$true)]
        [Byte[]]$InputBytes,
        [Parameter(Position=1)]
        [ValidateSet('UTF8','Unicode')]
        [string]$Encoding = 'Unicode'
        )
    
        Write-Verbose "Converting from bytes to string using $Encoding encoding"
        $OutputString = [System.Text.Encoding]::$Encoding.GetString($InputBytes)
        $OutputString
    }
    
#Region - ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText.ps1
Function ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param(
        [parameter(Position=0,HelpMessage="Must provide a SecureString object",
        ValueFromPipeline,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
        [ValidateNotNull()]
        [System.Security.SecureString]$StringObj
        )
    Process {
        $BSTR = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($StringObj)
        $PlainText = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringBSTR($BSTR)
        [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ZeroFreeBSTR($BSTR)
    }
    End {
        $PlainText
    }
} 
#Region - ConvertTo-AESCipherText.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Convert input string to AES encrypted cipher text
#>

Function ConvertTo-AESCipherText {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true,Position = 0,Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$InputString,
        [Parameter(Position = 1,Mandatory = $true)]
        [Byte[]]$Key
    )

    Process {
            $InitializationVector = [System.Byte[]]::new(16)
            Get-RandomBytes -Bytes $InitializationVector
            $AESCipher = Initialize-AESCipher -Key $Key
            $AESCipher.IV = $InitializationVector
            $ClearTextBytes = ConvertTo-Bytes -InputString $InputString -Encoding UTF8
            $Encryptor =  $AESCipher.CreateEncryptor()
            $EncryptedBytes = $Encryptor.TransformFinalBlock($ClearTextBytes, 0, $ClearTextBytes.Length)
            [byte[]]$FullData = $AESCipher.IV + $EncryptedBytes
            $ConvertedString = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($FullData)
            $DebugInfo = @"
`r`n Input String Length : $($InputString.Length)
  Initialization Vector : $($InitializationVector.Count) Bytes
  Text Encoding : UTF8
  Output Encoding : Base64
"@

            Write-Debug $DebugInfo
        }

    End {
        $AESCipher.Dispose()
        $ConvertedString
        }

}
#Region - ConvertTo-AESKey.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Function to convert a SecureString object to a unique 32 Byte array for use with AES 256bit encryption
.NOTES
Version: 3.0
Author: C. Bodett
Creation Date: 11/03/2022
Purpose/Change: Changed salt storage method to Base64 encoding for more reliable operation.
#>

Function ConvertTo-AESKey {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [System.Security.SecureString]$SecureStringInput,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
        [Switch]$ByteArray
    )

    Process {
        try {
            Write-Verbose "Retrieving AESKey settings"
            $Settings = Get-AESKeyConfig -ErrorAction Stop
        } catch {
            throw "Failed to get AES Key config settings"
        }
        Write-Verbose "Converting Salt to byte array"
        $SaltBytes = ConvertFrom-Base64 -Textstring $($Settings.Salt) -OutputType Bytes
        # Temporarily plaintext our SecureString password input. There's really no way around this.
        Write-Verbose "Converting supplied SecureString text to plaintext"
        $Password = ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText $SecureStringInput
        # Create our PBKDF2 object and instantiate it with the necessary values
        $VMsg = @"
`r`n Creating PBKDF2 Object
        Password....: $("*"*$($Password.Length))
        Salt........: $($Settings.Salt)
        Iterations..: $($Settings.Iterations)
        Hash........: $($Settings.Hash)
"@

        Write-Verbose $VMsg
        $PBKDF2 = New-Object Security.Cryptography.Rfc2898DeriveBytes  -ArgumentList @($Password, $SaltBytes, $($Settings.Iterations), $($Settings.Hash))
        # Generate our AES Key
        Write-Verbose "Generating 32 byte key"
        $Key = $PBKDF2.GetBytes(32)
        # If the ByteArray switch is provided, return a plaintext byte array, otherwise turn our AES key in to a SecureString object
        If ($ByteArray) {
            Write-Verbose "ByteArray switch provided. Returning clear text array of bytes"
            $KeyOutput = $Key
        } Else {
            $KeyAsSecureString = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $([System.BitConverter]::ToString($Key)) -AsPlainText -Force
            $KeyOutput = $KeyAsSecureString
        }
        $KeyOutput
    }
}
#Region - ConvertTo-Base64.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Converts a plaintext string in to Base64.
.Description
Takes a plaintext string as a parameter, either directly or from the pipeline, and converts it in to Base64.
.Parameter TextString
The plaintext string. Can come from the pipeline.
.Parameter Encoding
Default encoding is UTF8, but this can be Unicode or UTF8 if you're having problems.
.NOTES
Version: 1.0
Author: C. Bodett
Creation Date: 9/14/2021
Purpose/Change: Initial function development.
#>

Function ConvertTo-Base64{
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 0, Mandatory = $false)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [String]$TextString,
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, Position = 0, Mandatory = $false)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Byte[]]$Bytes,
        [Parameter(Position = 1)]
        [ValidateSet('UTF8','Unicode')]
        [String]$Encoding = 'UTF8'
    )

    Switch ($PSBoundParameters.Keys) {
        'TextString' {
            $Encoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::$Encoding.GetBytes($TextString))
        }
        'Bytes' {
            $Encoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($Bytes)
        }
    }
    return $Encoded
}
#Region - ConvertTo-Bytes.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Gets bytes from supplied input string
#>

Function ConvertTo-Bytes{
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param(
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Position=0,Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$InputString,
    [Parameter(Position=1)]
    [ValidateSet('UTF8','Unicode')]
    [string]$Encoding = 'Unicode'
    )

    Write-Debug "Converting Input text to bytes with $Encoding encoding"
    Write-Debug "Input Text: $InputString"
    $Bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::$Encoding.GetBytes($InputString)
    $Bytes
}
#Region - ConvertTo-CipherObject.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Convert output from Protect-String in to a Cipher Object
#>

Function ConvertTo-CipherObject {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [String]$B64String
    )

    switch ($B64String[0]) {
        'A' {
            $Encryption = "AES"
            $CipherText = $B64String.SubString(1)
        }
        'D' {
            $Encryption = "DPAPI"
            $CipherText = $B64String.SubString(1,$B64String.IndexOf('?')-1)
            $DPAPIIdB64 = $B64String.SubString($B64String.IndexOf('?')+1)
            $DPAPIIdBytes = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($DPAPIIdB64)
            $DPAPIIdentity = ConvertFrom-Bytes -InputBytes $DPAPIIdBytes -Encoding UTF8
        }
        default {
            Write-Verbose "Does not appear to be ProtectStrings module ciphertext"
            throw
        }
    }

    $CipherObject = try {
        New-CipherObject -Encryption $Encryption -CipherText $CipherText
    } catch {
        Write-Verbose "Unable to create Cipher Object"
        throw
    }

    if ($Encryption -eq "DPAPI") {
        $CipherObject.DPAPIIdentity = $DPAPIIdentity
    }
    
    $CipherObject
}
#Region - Get-AESMPVariable.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Get the password derived key to a global session variable for future use.
.NOTES
Version: 1.1
Author: C. Bodett
Creation Date: 05/12/2022
Purpose/Change: changed logic from if/ifelse to switch statement
#>

Function Get-AESMPVariable {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Switch]$Boolean
    )

    Process {
        $SecureAESKey = Try {
            $Global:AESMP
        } Catch {
            # do nothing
        }
        Switch ('{0}{1}' -f [int][bool]$SecureAESKey,[int][bool]$Boolean) {
            "10" {
                Write-Verbose "Master Password key found"
            }
            "11" {
                Write-Verbose "Master Password key found"
                return $true
            }
            "01" {
                Write-Verbose "No Master Password key found"
                return $false
            }
            "00" {
                Write-Verbose "No Master Password key found"
                Set-MasterPassword
                $SecureAESKey = Get-AESMPVariable
            }
        }
        $SecureAESKey
    }
}
#Region - Get-DPAPIIdentity.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Get the current username and computer name
#>

Function Get-DPAPIIdentity {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
    )
    
    Write-Verbose "Current ENV:COMPUTERNAME : $ENV:COMPUTERNAME"
    Write-Verbose "Current ENV:USERNAME : $ENV:USERNAME"
    Write-Verbose "Creating DPAPI Identity information"
    $Output = '{0}\{1}' -f $ENV:COMPUTERNAME,$ENV:USERNAME
    $Output
}
#Region - Get-RandomBytes.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
A Function to leverage the .NET Random Number Generator
#>

Function Get-RandomBytes {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [Byte[]]$Bytes
    )

    $RNG = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider
    $RNG.GetBytes($Bytes)

}
#Region - Initialize-AESCipher.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
A Function to initiate the .NET AESCryptoServiceProvider
#>

Function Initialize-AESCipher {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [Byte[]]$Key
    )

    $AESServiceProvider = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.AesCryptoServiceProvider
    $AESServiceProvider.Key = $Key
    $AESServiceProvider

}
#Region - New-CipherObject.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Create a new CipherObject
#>

Function New-CipherObject {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [ValidateSet("DPAPI","AES")]
        [String]$Encryption,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 1)]
        [String]$CipherText
    )
 
    [CipherObject]::New($Encryption,$CipherText)
    
}
#Region - Set-AESMPVariable.ps1
<#
.Synopsis
Set the password derived key to a global session variable for future use.
.NOTES
Version: 1.0
Author: C. Bodett
Creation Date: 03/27/2022
Purpose/Change: Initial function development
#>

Function Set-AESMPVariable {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [SecureString]$MPKey
    )

    Process {
        Write-Verbose "Creating new variable globally to store AES Key"
        New-Variable -Name "AESMP" -Value $MPKey -Option AllScope -Scope Global -Force
    }
}
### --- CLASS DEFINITIONS --- ###
#Region - CipherObject.ps1
Class CipherObject {
    [String]  $Encryption
    [String]  $CipherText
    hidden[String]  $DPAPIIdentity
    CipherObject ([String]$Encryption, [String]$CipherText) {
        $this.Encryption = $Encryption
        $this.CipherText = $CipherText
        $this.DPAPIIdentity = $null
    }
    [String] ToCompressed() {
        if ($this.Encryption -eq "AES") {
            return 'A{0}' -f $this.CipherText
        } else {
            $JSONBytes = ConvertTo-Bytes -InputString $this.DPAPIIdentity -Encoding UTF8
            $EncodedOutput = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($JSONBytes)
            return 'D{0}?{1}' -f $this.CipherText, $EncodedOutput
        }
    }
}