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[HELP] AES CBC & ECB Encryption & Decryption

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    nemoryoliver
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    I am very new to QT and also with Encryption stuffs. Just a week I started fighting to learn encryption stuffs but I am really stuck and don't know what to do.

    I just really need to decrypt a downloaded blob. using ECB and also there's another I need with CBC

    Here's the working PHP functions I want to convert to QT

    @

    function decryptECB($data)
    {
    $BLOB_ENCRYPTION_KEY = 'M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4';
    return mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $BLOB_ENCRYPTION_KEY, pad($data), MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
    }

    function encryptECB($data)
    {
    $BLOB_ENCRYPTION_KEY = 'M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4';
    return mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $BLOB_ENCRYPTION_KEY, pad($data), MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
    }

    function pad($data, $blocksize = 16)
    {
    $pad = $blocksize - (strlen($data) % $blocksize);
    return $data . str_repeat(chr($pad), $pad);
    }

    // FOR STORIES
    function decryptCBC($data, $key, $iv)
    {
    // Decode the key and IV.
    $iv = base64_decode($iv);
    $key = base64_decode($key);

    // Decrypt the data.
    $data = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key, $data, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
    $padding = ord($data[strlen($data) - 1]);

    return substr($data, 0, -$padding);
    }

    @

    I am programming this to the BlackBerry10 Platform

    Do you have any suggested libs that has the similar functions as with PHP?

    I tried AESCryptoDemmo and I think it uses CBC which I saw in it's AESParams.cpp file. but no example for ECB

    This is how I load downloaded the file in QT

    @

    QString filename = "data/files/blobs/storyphoto.jpg";

    QFile* file = new QFile(filename);

    if(file->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
    {
    qDebug() << "BYTES: " + QString::fromAscii(file->readAll()) + ", SIZE: " + file->size();

    QString decryptedBlob = decrypt(file->readAll());

    qDebug() << "DECRYPTED BLOB: " + toHex(file->readAll());

    QFile* newFile = new QFile("data/files/blobs/NEW.jpg");

    if (!newFile->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
    {
    qDebug() << "PROBLEM OPENING FILE: " + filename;
    }
    else
    {
    newFile->write(decryptedBlob.toAscii());
    }

    newFile->close();
    }
    else
    {
    qDebug() << "CANT OPEN: " + filename;
    }

    file->close();
    I have also modified some AESCryptoDemo functions - Just to return values

    QString ApplicationUI::encrypt(QString data)
    {
    QString encryptedData = "";

    QByteArray in(data.toUtf8());
    pad(in);
    QByteArray out(in.length(), 0);

    if (crypt(true, in, out))
    {
    encryptedData = toHex(out);
    }

    return encryptedData;
    }

    QString ApplicationUI::decrypt(QString data)
    {
    QString decryptedBlob = "";

    QByteArray in;

    if (!fromHex(data, in))
    {
    qDebug() << "Cipher text is not valid hex";
    return "";
    }

    QByteArray out(in.length(), 0);

    if (crypt(false, in, out))
    {
    if (removePadding(out))
    {
    decryptedBlob = QString::fromUtf8(out.constData(), out.length());
    }
    }

    return decryptedBlob;
    }

    QString ApplicationUI::toHex(const QByteArray & in)
    {
    static char hexChars[] = "0123456789abcdef";

    const char * c = in.constData();
    QString toReturn;

    for (int i = 0; i < in.length(); ++i)
    {
    toReturn += hexChars[(c[i] >> 4) & 0xf];
    toReturn += hexChars[(c[i]) & 0xf];
    }

    return toReturn;
    }

    @

    Here I am trying to encrypt and decrypt a simple string..

    I also don't think if I need to do something with the char "" because when I qDebug it it is forgotten.

    @

    QString key = "i17ZJekcUf3J/P/EFk3fmXHSBnxfMvf6BFuN0kbI57Q=";
    QString iv = "wmUlWE+EmUMguG/ealoMcg==";

    QString hexKey = toHex(key.toAscii());
    QString hexIV = toHex(iv.toAscii());

    setKey(hexKey);
    setIV(hexIV);

    qDebug() << "HEX KEY: " + hexKey + ", ORIG KEY: " + key;
    qDebug() << "HEX IV: " + hexIV + ", ORIG IV: " + iv;

    QString encrypted = encrypt("data");
    QString decrypted = decrypt(encrypted);

    qDebug() << "ENCRYPTED " + encrypted + ", DECRYPTED: " + decrypted;

    @

    running the above code I get

    "HEX KEY: 6931375a4a656b635566334a2f502f45466b33666d584853426e78664d7666364246754e306b62493537513d, ORIG KEY: i17ZJekcUf3J/P/EFk3fmXHSBnxfMvf6BFuN0kbI57Q="

    "HEX IV: 776d556c57452b456d554d6775472f65616c6f4d63673d3d, ORIG IV: wmUlWE+EmUMguG/ealoMcg=="

    FAILED "AESKey" AESKey 57616 "SB_ERR_BAD_KEY_LEN (57616)"

    "Could not create a key. SB_ERR_BAD_KEY_LEN (57616)"

    Cipher text is not valid hex
    "ENCRYPTED , DECRYPTED: "

    Thanks so much! Hope someone can help.

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