Encrypt and Decrypt in Java

Here is a solution using the javax.crypto library and the apache commons codec library for encoding and decoding in Base64 that I was looking for:

import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.DESedeKeySpec;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

public class TrippleDes {

    private static final String UNICODE_FORMAT = "UTF8";
    public static final String DESEDE_ENCRYPTION_SCHEME = "DESede";
    private KeySpec ks;
    private SecretKeyFactory skf;
    private Cipher cipher;
    byte[] arrayBytes;
    private String myEncryptionKey;
    private String myEncryptionScheme;
    SecretKey key;

    public TrippleDes() throws Exception {
        myEncryptionKey = "ThisIsSpartaThisIsSparta";
        myEncryptionScheme = DESEDE_ENCRYPTION_SCHEME;
        arrayBytes = myEncryptionKey.getBytes(UNICODE_FORMAT);
        ks = new DESedeKeySpec(arrayBytes);
        skf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(myEncryptionScheme);
        cipher = Cipher.getInstance(myEncryptionScheme);
        key = skf.generateSecret(ks);
    }


    public String encrypt(String unencryptedString) {
        String encryptedString = null;
        try {
            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
            byte[] plainText = unencryptedString.getBytes(UNICODE_FORMAT);
            byte[] encryptedText = cipher.doFinal(plainText);
            encryptedString = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(encryptedText));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return encryptedString;
    }


    public String decrypt(String encryptedString) {
        String decryptedText=null;
        try {
            cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
            byte[] encryptedText = Base64.decodeBase64(encryptedString);
            byte[] plainText = cipher.doFinal(encryptedText);
            decryptedText= new String(plainText);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return decryptedText;
    }


    public static void main(String args []) throws Exception
    {
        TrippleDes td= new TrippleDes();

        String target="imparator";
        String encrypted=td.encrypt(target);
        String decrypted=td.decrypt(encrypted);

        System.out.println("String To Encrypt: "+ target);
        System.out.println("Encrypted String:" + encrypted);
        System.out.println("Decrypted String:" + decrypted);

    }

}

Running the above program results with the following output:

String To Encrypt: imparator
Encrypted String:FdBNaYWfjpWN9eYghMpbRA==
Decrypted String:imparator

Symmetric Key Cryptography : Symmetric key uses the same key for encryption and decryption. The main challenge with this type of cryptography is the exchange of the secret key between the two parties sender and receiver.

Example : The following example uses symmetric key for encryption and decryption algorithm available as part of the Sun's JCE(Java Cryptography Extension). Sun JCE is has two layers, the crypto API layer and the provider layer.

DES (Data Encryption Standard) was a popular symmetric key algorithm. Presently DES is outdated and considered insecure. Triple DES and a stronger variant of DES. It is a symmetric-key block cipher. There are other algorithms like Blowfish, Twofish and AES(Advanced Encryption Standard). AES is the latest encryption standard over the DES.

Steps :

1. Add the Security Provider : We are using the SunJCE Provider that is available with the JDK.
2. Generate Secret Key : Use KeyGenerator and an algorithm to generate a secret key. We are using DESede (DESede is descriptive name for 3DES implementation: DESede = DES-Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt = Triple DES).
3. Encode Text : For consistency across platform encode the plain text as byte using UTF-8 encoding.
4. Encrypt Text : Instantiate Cipher with ENCRYPT_MODE, use the secret key and encrypt the bytes.
5. Decrypt Text : Instantiate Cipher with DECRYPT_MODE, use the same secret key and decrypt the bytes.

All the above given steps and concept are same, we just replace algorithms.

import java.util.Base64;    
import javax.crypto.Cipher;  
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;   
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;  
public class EncryptionDecryptionAES {  
    static Cipher cipher;  

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        /* 
         create key 
         If we need to generate a new key use a KeyGenerator
         If we have existing plaintext key use a SecretKeyFactory
        */ 
        KeyGenerator keyGenerator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
        keyGenerator.init(128); // block size is 128bits
        SecretKey secretKey = keyGenerator.generateKey();
        
        /*
          Cipher Info
          Algorithm : for the encryption of electronic data
          mode of operation : to avoid repeated blocks encrypt to the same values.
          padding: ensuring messages are the proper length necessary for certain ciphers 
          mode/padding are not used with stream cyphers.  
         */
        cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES"); //SunJCE provider AES algorithm, mode(optional) and padding schema(optional)  

        String plainText = "AES Symmetric Encryption Decryption";
        System.out.println("Plain Text Before Encryption: " + plainText);

        String encryptedText = encrypt(plainText, secretKey);
        System.out.println("Encrypted Text After Encryption: " + encryptedText);

        String decryptedText = decrypt(encryptedText, secretKey);
        System.out.println("Decrypted Text After Decryption: " + decryptedText);
    }

    public static String encrypt(String plainText, SecretKey secretKey)
            throws Exception {
        byte[] plainTextByte = plainText.getBytes();
        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey);
        byte[] encryptedByte = cipher.doFinal(plainTextByte);
        Base64.Encoder encoder = Base64.getEncoder();
        String encryptedText = encoder.encodeToString(encryptedByte);
        return encryptedText;
    }

    public static String decrypt(String encryptedText, SecretKey secretKey)
            throws Exception {
        Base64.Decoder decoder = Base64.getDecoder();
        byte[] encryptedTextByte = decoder.decode(encryptedText);
        cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secretKey);
        byte[] decryptedByte = cipher.doFinal(encryptedTextByte);
        String decryptedText = new String(decryptedByte);
        return decryptedText;
    }
}

Output:

Plain Text Before Encryption: AES Symmetric Encryption Decryption
Encrypted Text After Encryption: sY6vkQrWRg0fvRzbqSAYxepeBIXg4AySj7Xh3x4vDv8TBTkNiTfca7wW/dxiMMJl
Decrypted Text After Decryption: AES Symmetric Encryption Decryption

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