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I had another thread going about encryption but that thread was dying
out, and I have a more specific issue this time. I should qualify this
post by saying I'm very new to cryptography. Having said that, this
code is bombing out with an "Illegal key size" when I try to "init" my
cipher. I'm trying to create an ecryption key based off of a string,
and initialize a Cipher with it. Then use that to encrypte/decrypt
some string. And as I'd mentioned in my previous thread, this is the
counter to a C# application that is already being used so I have to
use AES/SHA256 and Base64. Not sure exactly what I'm doing [wrong]
here.

protected static Cipher m_objCrypt;
protected static Cipher m_objDecrypt;

try {
m_objCrypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
m_objDecrypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {

// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();

} catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {

// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();

}


MessageDigest sha256 = null;
try {
sha256 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();

}


byte[] aesKey = sha256.digest("A Random String".toLowerCase
().getBytes
());

// Sets up a 128 bit (16 byte) IV for CBC mode
final int BLOCK_BYTES = 16;
byte[] aesPaddedKey = new byte[BLOCK_BYTES];
System.arraycopy(aesKey,0,aesPaddedKey,0,BLOCK_BYT ES);
sha256.reset();
byte[] fullSHA = sha256.digest("3rfdfh6y-34rt-3rkl-9ijh-
mg94kgjdhsg3".toLowerCase().getBytes());
byte[] aesIV = new byte[BLOCK_BYTES];
System.arraycopy(fullSHA, 0, aesIV, 0, BLOCK_BYTES);


// Set up the IV and two cipher objects, one to encrypt and
// one to decrypt:
IvParameterSpec aesParameterSpec = new IvParameterSpec(aesIV);
AlgorithmParameters aesParameters = AlgorithmParameters.getInstance
("AES");
aesParameters.init(aesParameterSpec);

SecretKeySpec aesKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(aesPaddedKey,

m_objCrypt.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);
m_objDecrypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);

....
then later I have an encrypt and decrypt method

Scooter wrote:
> I had another thread going about encryption but that thread was dying
> out, and I have a more specific issue this time. I should qualify this
> post by saying I'm very new to cryptography. Having said that, this
> code is bombing out with an "Illegal key size" when I try to "init" my
> cipher. I'm trying to create an ecryption key based off of a string,
> and initialize a Cipher with it. Then use that to encrypte/decrypt
> some string. And as I'd mentioned in my previous thread, this is the
> counter to a C# application that is already being used so I have to
> use AES/SHA256 and Base64. Not sure exactly what I'm doing [wrong]
> here.

Could you try and post a compilable example that we can work with ?

....
> SecretKeySpec aesKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(aesPaddedKey,
>
> m_objCrypt.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);
> m_objDecrypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);
....

There is definitely something missing after the comma !

Arne

rossum wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:25:54 -0800 (PST), Scooter
> <> wrote:
>> I had another thread going about encryption but that thread was dying
>> out, and I have a more specific issue this time. I should qualify this
>> post by saying I'm very new to cryptography. Having said that, this
>> code is bombing out with an "Illegal key size" when I try to "init" my
>> cipher. I'm trying to create an ecryption key based off of a string,
>> and initialize a Cipher with it. Then use that to encrypte/decrypt
>> some string. And as I'd mentioned in my previous thread, this is the
>> counter to a C# application that is already being used so I have to
>> use AES/SHA256 and Base64. Not sure exactly what I'm doing [wrong]
>> here.

>>byte[] aesKey = sha256.digest("A Random
String".toLowerCase().getBytes());

>>final int BLOCK_BYTES = 16;
>>byte[] aesPaddedKey = new byte[BLOCK_BYTES];
>>System.arraycopy(aesKey,0,aesPaddedKey,0,BLOCK_B YTES);

>> SecretKeySpec aesKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(aesPaddedKey,
>>
>> m_objCrypt.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);
>> m_objDecrypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);

> If you are outside America then you may have a limited key size (40
> bits IIRC) for your JCE due to American export laws. Try obtaining
> code from an alternate provider outside America, such as Bouncy
> Castle. Alternatively you can try to get a non-limited JCE from Sun.
> See http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp and look for
> "JCE Unlimited Strength" in the Other Downloads section at the bottom
> of the page.

According to:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/te...Spec.html#AppC

then 128 bits are standard today.

And as far as I can see from the code above the key is only 128 bits.

Arne

PS: The latest of "Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy" must be at:

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/?intcmp=1281

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:25:54 -0800 (PST), Scooter
<> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>I had another thread going about encryption but that thread was dying
>out, and I have a more specific issue this time. I should qualify this
>post by saying I'm very new to cryptography. Having said that, this
>code is bombing out with an "Illegal key size" when I try to "init" my
>cipher. I'm trying to create an ecryption key based off of a string,
>and initialize a Cipher with it. Then use that to encrypte/decrypt
>some string. And as I'd mentioned in my previous thread, this is the
>counter to a C# application that is already being used so I have to
>use AES/SHA256 and Base64. Not sure exactly what I'm doing [wrong]
>here.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/aes.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/md5.html

for complete working programs that use AES and md5. Comparing them
with your code may give you a hint.

There is also the matter you need the JCE extension available only to
North Americans in theory to use large keys.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jce.html

--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

Someone asked for a compilable example, so here's the entire thing
(and I'm in North America. Can't you tell from my accent) :

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IQueryString.java
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
public interface IQueryString {
int Count ();
String QueryString ();
void Append(String Tag, String Value);
String Item(String Tag);
Boolean Load(String QueryString);
void Reset();
void Update(String Tag, String Value);

}

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QueryString.java
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.StringBuilder;
import java.security.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.spec.*;

import
com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.exception s.Base64DecodingException;
import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils.Bas e64;

public class QueryString implements IQueryString {

QueryString () throws Exception{

m_objState = new Hashtable<String, String>();

try {
m_objCrypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
m_objDecrypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");

} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
MessageDigest sha256 = null;
try {
sha256 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
byte[] theTextToDigestAsBytes =ComputeHash("A Random
String".toLowerCase()).getBytes();
sha256.update(theTextToDigestAsBytes);

byte[] aesKey = sha256.digest();
//printhash(aesKey);
System.out.println("Digest is " + aesKey.length + " bytes long");

// Sets up a 128 bit (16 byte) IV for CBC mode
final int BLOCK_BYTES = 16;

sha256.reset();
byte[] fullSHA = sha256.digest(ComputeHash("3rfdfh6y-34rt-3rkl-9ijh-
mg94kgjdhsg3".toLowerCase()).getBytes());
//printhash(fullSHA);
byte[] aesIV = new byte[BLOCK_BYTES];
System.arraycopy(fullSHA, 0, aesIV, 0, BLOCK_BYTES);

// Set up the IV and two cipher objects, one to encrypt
and
// one to decrypt:
IvParameterSpec aesParameterSpec = new IvParameterSpec
(aesIV);
AlgorithmParameters aesParameters =
AlgorithmParameters.getInstance("AES");
aesParameters.init(aesParameterSpec);

SecretKeySpec aesKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(aesKey,
0,aesKey.length,"AES");




System.out.println("before the init");
try
{
m_objCrypt.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);
m_objDecrypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec, aesParameters);
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}


}

public int Count() {
return m_objState.size();
}


public String QueryString() {

StringBuilder stbRetval = new StringBuilder();
stbRetval.append(URL_START);
stbRetval.append(HASH_IDENTIFIER);
String strState = StateToLineFormat();
stbRetval.append(ComputeHash(strState));
stbRetval.append(VALUE_IDENTIFIER);
stbRetval.append(EncryptValue(strState));
if (stbRetval.length() >= MAX_QUERY_LENGTH)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return stbRetval.toString();
}


public void Append(String Tag, String Value) {
if (null == Tag)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (null == Value)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
m_objState.put(Tag, Value);
}

public String Item(String Tag) {
String strValue = null;
if (m_objState.containsKey(Tag))
{
strValue = m_objState.get(Tag);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Can't find it");
}
return strValue;
}


public Boolean Load(String QueryString) {
Boolean bolRetval = true;

if (QueryString.length() >= MAX_QUERY_LENGTH)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

if (QueryString.contains("&T="))
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

try
{
if (false == QueryString.contains(VALUE_IDENTIFIER))
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

}
if (HASH_IDENTIFIER != QueryString.substring
(0,HASH_IDENTIFIER.length()))
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

}
String strClientHash = QueryString.substring(HASH_IDENTIFIER.length
(), HASH_LENGTH);
String strClientValue = QueryString.substring(
(HASH_IDENTIFIER.length() + HASH_LENGTH + VALUE_IDENTIFIER.length
())
);

String strDecState = this.DecryptValue( URLDecoder.decode
(strClientValue,"UTF-8"));
String strCompatHash = this.ComputeHash(strDecState);

if (false == strCompatHash.equals(strClientHash))
{
throw new Exception();
}
String [] astrValues = strDecState.split( ";");

for (String strRawValue : astrValues)
{
if (strRawValue.length() > 0)
{
String[] astrReal = strRawValue.split("=");
m_objState.put(astrReal[0], this.LineDecode(astrReal[1]));
}
}
}
catch (Exception ignoreTillWeGetLogLog)
{
bolRetval = false;
}
return bolRetval;
}



public void Reset() {
m_objState.clear();
}


public void Update(String Tag, String Value) {
if (null == Tag)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

m_objState.remove(Tag);

this.Append(Tag, Value);

}
public String ComputeHash(String ValueStream) {

if (null == ValueStream)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
MessageDigest sha256 = null;
try {
sha256 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
byte[] SHA256HASH = sha256.digest(ValueStream.getBytes());

return stringhash(SHA256HASH);
}

public String EncryptValue(String Value) {

String returnValue = null;
if (Value.length() >= MAX_QUERY_LENGTH)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

byte[] byaRawText = null;
try {
byaRawText = Value.getBytes("US-ASCII");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
byte[] byaCipherText = null;
try {
byaCipherText = m_objCrypt.doFinal(byaRawText, 0,
byaRawText.length);
} catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (BadPaddingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
returnValue = b64encode(byaCipherText);
return returnValue;

}

public String DecryptValue(String EncryptedValue) {

if (EncryptedValue.length() >= MAX_QUERY_LENGTH) {
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
byte[] abyDecText = null;
try
{
System.out.println("before the decode");
byte[]abyFromBase64=b64decode(EncryptedValue);

System.out.println("before the buffer");
abyDecText = m_objDecrypt.doFinal
(abyFromBase64,0,abyFromBase64.length);

System.out.println("before the queryString");

}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}


String returnValue = null;
try {
returnValue = new String(abyDecText,"US-ASCII");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return returnValue;


}

/*
public static String b64encodeold(byte[] b) throws
MessagingException,

IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
OutputStream b64os = MimeUtility.encode(baos, "base64");
b64os.write(b);
b64os.close();
System.out.println (new String(baos.toByteArray()));
return new String(baos.toByteArray());
}
*/

public static String b64encode(byte[] bIn)
{
String base64Encoded = new String(Base64.encode(bIn));
return base64Encoded;
}

/*
public static byte[] b64decodeold(String s) throws
MessagingException, IOException {
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream
(s.getBytes());
InputStream b64is = MimeUtility.decode(bais, "Base64");
byte[] tmp = new byte[s.length()];
int n = b64is.read(tmp);
byte[] res = new byte[n];
System.arraycopy(tmp, 0, res, 0, n);
System.out.println("decode length:"+res.length);
System.out.println("decode:"+byteToString(res));
return res;
}
*/

public static byte[] b64decode(String s) {
byte[] base64decoded = null;
try {
base64decoded = Base64.decode(s);
} catch (Base64DecodingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return base64decoded;
}

protected static String byteToString(byte[] myBA){
String btoString = new String(myBA);
return btoString;
}

protected static void listProviders ()
{
Provider[] provider = Security.getProviders();
for (int i = 0; i< provider.length; i++) {
System.out.println("Name : " + provider[i].getName());
System.out.println(" Info : " + provider[i].getServices());
System.out.println
("---------------------------------------------------------------------------");
}
}

protected static void printhash (byte hashdigest[])
{
StringBuffer hexString = new StringBuffer();
for (int i=0;i<hashdigest.length;i++) {
String hex = Integer.toHexString(0xFF & hashdigest[i]);
if(hex.length()==1) hexString.append('0');
hexString.append(hex);
}

System.out.println("HASH: " +hexString.toString());
}
protected String stringhash (byte hashdigest[])
{
StringBuffer hexString = new StringBuffer();
for (int i=0;i<hashdigest.length;i++) {
String hex = Integer.toHexString(0xFF & hashdigest[i]);
if(hex.length()==1) hexString.append('0');
hexString.append(hex);
}

return hexString.toString();



}
protected String LineDecode(String Value)
{

String strRetval = Value;

strRetval = strRetval.replace("%3D", "=");
strRetval = strRetval.replace("%3B", ";");
strRetval = strRetval.replace("%25", "%");

return strRetval;

}

protected String LineEncode(String Value)
{

String strRetval = Value;

strRetval = strRetval.replace("%", "%25");
strRetval = strRetval.replace(";", "%3B");
strRetval = strRetval.replace("=", "%3D");

return strRetval;

}

private String StateToLineFormat() {
String strReturn = "";

Enumeration<String> keys = m_objState.keys();
while ( keys.hasMoreElements() )
{
String key = (String)keys.nextElement();

strReturn += key + "=" + this.LineEncode(m_objState.get(key)) +
";";
}

return strReturn;

}

protected static Cipher m_objCrypt;
protected static Cipher m_objDecrypt;
protected Hashtable<String,String> m_objState;
protected static int MAX_QUERY_LENGTH = 2048;
protected String HASH_IDENTIFIER = "I=";
protected int HASH_LENGTH = 64;
protected String VALUE_IDENTIFIER = "&V=";
protected String URL_START = "?";

}


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QueryStringTest.java
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import junit.framework.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class QueryStringTest {

public QueryString m_queryString;

@Before
public void setUp(){
try {
m_queryString = new QueryString();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage()); }
}

@Test
public void TestBlankValueComputeHashEqualsDefaultSha256()
{
try {
Assert.assertEquals
("E3B0C44298FC1C149AFBF4C8996FB92427AE41E4649B934C A495991B7852B855",
m_queryString.ComputeHash("").toUpperCase());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}

}

@Test
public void TestAppendValue() {
try {
m_queryString.Append("Tag123","123");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}

@Test
public void testCount() {
m_queryString.Reset();
m_queryString.Append("Tag123","123");
Assert.assertEquals(1, m_queryString.Count());
}


@Test
public void testAppend() {
m_queryString.Reset();
m_queryString.Append("Tag123","123");
Assert.assertEquals(1,m_queryString.Count());
}

@Test
public void testItem() {
m_queryString.Reset();
m_queryString.Append("Tag123","123");
Assert.assertEquals("123",m_queryString.Item("Tag1 23"));
}

@Test
public void testReset() {
m_queryString.Reset();
m_queryString.Append("Tag123","123");
Assert.assertEquals(1, m_queryString.Count());
m_queryString.Reset();
Assert.assertEquals(0, m_queryString.Count());
}

@Test
public void testUpdate() {
m_queryString.Update("Tag123","123");
m_queryString.Update("Tag123","456");
Assert.assertEquals("456",m_queryString.Item("Tag1 23"));
}

@Test
public void testComputeHash() {
Assert.assertEquals
("fa3444fa161e2610e4c1273ccbc572f5091de6550b53581d 5044ec80b1ff4064",m_queryString.ComputeHash
("A Random String"));
}

@Test
public void testEncryptValue() {
Assert.assertEquals("jU5JuAVxi3isKWf6SJ9CJA==",
m_queryString.EncryptValue("Secret"));
}

@Test
public void testDecryptValue() {
Assert.assertEquals("Secret", m_queryString.DecryptValue
("jU5JuAVxi3isKWf6SJ9CJA=="));
}

@Test
public void testBase64Encode() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
byte[] btoEncode = "EncodeMe".getBytes("US-ASCII");
Assert.assertEquals("RW5jb2RlTWU=", m_queryString.b64encode
(btoEncode));
}

@Test
public void testBase64Decode() {
Assert.assertEquals("EncodeMe", new String(m_queryString.b64decode
("RW5jb2RlTWU=")));
}
}

Scooter wrote:
> (and I'm in North America. Can't you tell from my accent) :

Ah yes - Guatemala! No, maybe Netherlands Antilles?

--
RGB

In article <492ad965$0$1342$>,
RedGrittyBrick <> wrote:

> Scooter wrote:
> > (and I'm in North America. Can't you tell from my accent) :
>
> Ah yes - Guatemala! No, maybe Netherlands Antilles?

Well, someplace where they've forgotten the main.

--
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
http://home.roadrunner.com/~jbmatthews/

On Nov 25, 4:06*am, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <492ad965$0$1342$fa0fc...@news.zen.co.uk>,
>
> *RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBr...@spamweary.invalid> wrote:
> > Scooter wrote:
> > > (and I'm in North America. Can't you tell from my accent) :
>
> > Ah yes - Guatemala! No, maybe Netherlands Antilles?
>
> Well, someplace where they've forgotten the main.
>
> --
> John B. Matthews
> trashgod at gmail dot comhttp://home.roadrunner.com/~jbmatthews/

Scooter, did you happen to notice how Roedy
managed a self contained example, consisting
of one class of less than 200 lines?

OTOH, your example had three classes, one of
which was over 450 lines, and was not self
contained.

You seem to enjoy making it hard for people to
help you.

I recommend preparing a very specific form of
example - an SSCCE. More details here..
<http://pscode.org/sscce.html>

--
Andrew Thompson
http://pscode.org/

Ok sorry for the boneheaded move. I promise I don't enjoy making it
hard for people to help me. I think the frustration is getting the
best of me. Following isn't as short as I would like it to be but
because I'm stumped on this particular issue from start to finish I
feel the need to post as much as possible. But this is self-contained
at least, no interfaces or Junit tests. All the code in the main is
the stuff I'm having the problem with. The two additional methods are
just included so it will work:

import java.security.*;
import java.security.spec.InvalidParameterSpecException;
import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.spec.*;

public class SSCCEE {

public static void main(String[] args) throws
NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidParameterSpecException {
Cipher m_objCrypt = null;
Cipher m_objDecrypt = null;
try {
m_objCrypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/
PKCS5Padding");
m_objDecrypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/
PKCS5Padding");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
MessageDigest sha256 = null;
try {
sha256 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
byte[] theTextToDigestAsBytes =ComputeHash("A Random
String".toLowerCase()).getBytes();
sha256.update(theTextToDigestAsBytes);
byte[] aesKey = sha256.digest();
// Sets up a 128 bit (16 byte) IV for CBC mode
final int BLOCK_BYTES = 16;
sha256.reset();
byte[] fullSHA = sha256.digest(ComputeHash
("3rfdfh6y-34rt-3rkl-9ijh-mg94kgjdhsg3".toLowerCase()).getBytes());
byte[] aesIV = new byte[BLOCK_BYTES];
System.arraycopy(fullSHA, 0, aesIV, 0, BLOCK_BYTES);

// Set up the IV and two cipher objects, one to encrypt and
// one to decrypt:
IvParameterSpec aesParameterSpec = new IvParameterSpec
(aesIV);
AlgorithmParameters aesParameters =
AlgorithmParameters.getInstance("AES");
aesParameters.init(aesParameterSpec);
SecretKeySpec aesKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(aesKey,
0,aesKey.length,"AES");
try
{
m_objCrypt.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec,
aesParameters);
m_objDecrypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, aesKeySpec,
aesParameters);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}

public static String ComputeHash(String ValueStream) {


if (null == ValueStream)
{
try {
throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
MessageDigest sha256 = null;
try {
sha256 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
byte[] SHA256HASH = sha256.digest(ValueStream.getBytes());


return stringhash(SHA256HASH);
}
protected static String stringhash (byte hashdigest[])
{
StringBuffer hexString = new StringBuffer();
for (int i=0;i<hashdigest.length;i++) {
String hex = Integer.toHexString(0xFF & hashdigest[i]);
if(hex.length()==1) hexString.append('0');
hexString.append(hex);
}

return hexString.toString();

}


}

Scooter wrote:
>>> (and I'm in North America. Can't you tell from my accent) :

RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>> Ah yes - Guatemala! No, maybe Netherlands Antilles?

John B. Matthews wrote:
> Well, someplace where they've forgotten the main.

Nice pun.

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Lew