Can someone please explain what this program is doing pointing out some of the major points? I'm looking at the code and I'm completely lost. I just need explanation on the encryption/decryption phases. I think it generates an AES 192 key at one point but I'm not 100% sure. I'm not sure what the byte/ivBytes are used for either.
import java.security.Key;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
public class RandomKey
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
byte[] input = new byte[] {
0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07 };
byte[] ivBytes = new byte[] {
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01 };
//initializing a new initialization vector
IvParameterSpec ivSpec = new IvParameterSpec(ivBytes);
//what does this actually do?
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CTR/NoPadding", "BC");
//what does this do?
KeyGenerator generator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES","BC");
//I assume this generates a key size of 192 bits
generator.init(192);
//does this generate a random key?
Key encryptKey = generator.generateKey();
System.out.println("input: " +toHex(input));
//encryption phase
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, encryptKey, ivSpec);
//what is this doing?
byte[] cipherText = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(input.length)];
//what is this doing?
int ctLength = cipher.update(input, 0, input.length, cipherText,0);
//getting the cipher text length i assume?
ctLength += cipher.doFinal (cipherText, ctLength );
System.out.println ("Cipher: " +toHex(cipherText) + " bytes: " + ctLength);
//decryption phase
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, encryptKey, ivSpec);
//storing the ciphertext in plaintext i'm assuming?
byte[] plainText = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(ctLength)];
int ptLength = cipher.update(cipherText, 0, ctLength, plainText, 0);
//getting plaintextLength i think?
ptLength= cipher.doFinal (plainText, ptLength);
System.out.println("plain: " + toHex(plainText, ptLength));
}
private static String digits = "0123456789abcdef";
public static String toHex(byte[] data, int length)
{
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
for (int i=0; i!= length; i++)
{
int v = data[i] & 0xff;
buf.append(digits.charAt(v >>4));
buf.append(digits.charAt(v & 0xf));
}
return buf.toString();
}
public static String toHex(byte[] data)
{
return toHex(data, data.length);
}
}
