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Extract r and s from ECDSA signature signedxml c#

I'm using Signedxml class in .net 5 to generate signature using ECDSA
and I need the value of r and s but I can not extract it and another problem is
signature length . My signature always 64 bytes but ECDSA signature length is 71
and I do not know why this length change . Please help me extract r and s

When converting the ECDSA signature from ASN.1/DER to P1363 (r|s) format, the following must be taken into account:
In ASN.1/DER format r and s are contained as signed, big endian arrays, in P1363 format as unsigned, big endian arrays.
In ASN.1/DER format r and s are included as minimal sized arrays, in P1363 both are padded to their maximum size (length of the order of the generator point) with leading 0x00 values. Example: For NIST P-256, the maximum size of r and s is 32 bytes each.
Possible implementation with .NET 5+ using the AsnReader class:
using System.Formats.Asn1;
...
public static byte[] DERtoP1363(byte[] derSignature, int maxSize)
{
AsnReader sequence = new AsnReader(derSignature, AsnEncodingRules.DER).ReadSequence();
byte[] rBytes = sequence.ReadInteger().ToByteArray(true, true); // convert to unsigned, big endian
byte[] sBytes = sequence.ReadInteger().ToByteArray(true, true); // convert to unsigned, big endian
byte[] rsBytes = new byte[2 * maxSize];
Buffer.BlockCopy(rBytes, 0, rsBytes, maxSize - rBytes.Length, rBytes.Length); // resize to maximum size
Buffer.BlockCopy(sBytes, 0, rsBytes, 2 * maxSize - sBytes.Length, sBytes.Length); // resize to maximum size
return rsBytes;
}
AsnReader is available since .NET 5.
For completeness: In other .NET versions BouncyCastle can be applied (using classes from the Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1 namespace). For this, the first three lines in DERtoP1363() must by replaced by:
Asn1Sequence sequence = Asn1Sequence.GetInstance(derSignature);
byte[] rBytes = DerInteger.GetInstance(sequence[0]).PositiveValue.ToByteArrayUnsigned();
byte[] sBytes = DerInteger.GetInstance(sequence[1]).PositiveValue.ToByteArrayUnsigned();

Decrypt using public key, RSA and Bouncy castle

I need to decrypt a signature hash using RSA. I've got a hexadecimal string of 288 characters long which is a general public key from an institution. It represents hexadecimal bytes, so 144 bytes total.
The first 8 bytes are the so called CAR. Which is used for identification. The next 128 bytes are the Modulus N. And the next 8 bytes are the exponent E.
I've never worked with cryptography before so go easy on me. I'm using C# and the Bouncy Castle library for the decryption algorithms. Now, If I understand correctly, a 1024 bit modulus and 64 bits exponent is not strange. I currently have this bit of code:
public byte[] rsa_decrypt(byte[] data)
{
var N = PublicKey.ToCharArray().Slice(16,256);
var E = PublicKey.ToCharArray().Slice(272,16);
RsaEngine rsa = new RsaEngine();
Org.BouncyCastle.Math.BigInteger modulus = new Org.BouncyCastle.Math.BigInteger(new string(N).Insert(0,"00"),16);
Console.WriteLine(modulus);
Org.BouncyCastle.Math.BigInteger exponent = new Org.BouncyCastle.Math.BigInteger(new string(E).Insert(0,"00"),16);
Console.WriteLine(exponent);
RsaKeyParameters x = new RsaKeyParameters(false,modulus,exponent);
var eng = new Pkcs1Encoding(new RsaEngine());
eng.Init(false,x);
return eng.ProcessBlock(data,0,data.Length);
}
The Slice<T>(this T[],offset,length) method is just a small thing I wrote to cut arrays in pieces, nothing special and it works. The insertion of the "00" in the string is because the string could otherwise be interpreted as unsigned I believe.
When I run this code I get the exception
Unhandled exception. Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.InvalidCipherTextException: block incorrect at Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Encodings.Pkcs1Encoding.DecodeBlock(Byte[] input, Int32 inOff, Int32 inLen) at Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Encodings.Pkcs1Encoding.ProcessBlock(Byte[] input, Int32 inOff, Int32 length)
Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong, why I'm doing it wrong, and most preferably, what I should be doing. Again, never worked with crypto algorithms or this library ever before.

Roundtrip Unicode conversion returns different Byte[] array

I'm tinkering with RSA signing of data.
I'm using a plaintext string, which i convert to byte array. i then generate private certificate, sign the byte array and then generate public key.
next i'm using the same byte array to verify the signature.
but i want to convert signature, in between steps, to the string - idea is to append it later on to the file that's being signed.
static void TestSigning(string privateKey)
{
string data = "TEST_TEST-TEST+test+TEst";
Console.WriteLine("==MESSAGE==");
Console.WriteLine(data);
byte[] dataByte = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(data);
using (var rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
{
rsa.FromXmlString(privateKey);
var publicKey = rsa.ToXmlString(false);
byte[] signature = rsa.SignData(dataByte, CryptoConfig.MapNameToOID("SHA512"));
string signatureString = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(signature);
byte[] roundtripSignature = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(signatureString);
Console.WriteLine("==TEST==");
Console.WriteLine(signature.Length.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(roundtripSignature.Length.ToString());
using (var checkRSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
{
checkRSA.FromXmlString(publicKey);
bool verification = checkRSA.VerifyData(
dataByte,
CryptoConfig.MapNameToOID("SHA512"),
roundtripSignature);
Console.WriteLine("==Verification==");
Console.WriteLine(verification.ToString());
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
now here's the fun part
if i use UTF8 encoding i get byte arrays of different length
256 is the original size
484 is the roundtrip
UTF7 returns different sizes too
256 vs 679
both ASCII and Unicode return proper sizes 256 vs 256.
i've tried using
var sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < signature.Length; i++)
{
sb.Append(signature[i].ToString("x2"));
}
to get the string. I'm then using Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes() method
this time i get the sizes of:
256 vs 512
if i remove the format from toString() i get:
256 vs 670
signature verification alwayas failed.
it works fine if i use 'signature' instead of roundtripSignature.
my question: Why, despite using same encoding type i get different byte arrays and strings? shouldn't this conversion be lossless?

Unicode isn't a good choice because, at minimum, \0, CR, LF, <delete>, <backspace> (and the rest of the control codes) can mess things up. (See an answer about this for Encrypt/Decrypt for more).
As #JamesKPolk said, you need to use a suitable binary-to-text encoding. Base64 and hex/Base16 are the most common, but there are plenty of other viable choices.

How to encrypt a guid into equal length string in C#?

I need to encrypt a guid and the encrypted string length should be 32 char max, not more than that. Please suggest me an encryption method available in C# for that.
I was using AES in CFB mode, as in Code Project, but that is producing 64 char long.

Well, a GUID is inherently 16 bytes of data... so that's what you should encrypt. That's a single block in AES. As per Reid's comment, the exact size of the output will depend on how you've configured things, but to convert the result into text, you'll probably want to use base64 if you need ASCII text with a fairly minimal size.
Base64 allows you to use 24 bytes to produce a 32 character result - so you should try different padding/cipher modes until you find one where the output is 24 bytes or less, if this 32 character requirement is a "hard" one (and you need ASCII; if you don't need ASCII then there's a lot more room to play...)

If a GUID is 16 bytes (I'll take that as a given) then you can simply do a single AES ECB mode encrypt without padding of the plaintext (i.e. the GUID). You can then convert to hexadecimals. That will with 100% certainty result in a 32 character result.
Note that ECB does not use an IV, which means that you can distinguish different GUID's from each other (as each GUID will be mapped to exactly one ciphertext). But the ciphertext should otherwise simply be identical to the security of the used block cipher and key.
public class EncryptGUI
{
private Aes aes;
public EncryptGUI (byte[] key)
{
aes = Aes.Create ();
aes.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
aes.Padding = PaddingMode.None;
aes.Key = key;
}
public String encryptUID (byte[] guid)
{
ICryptoTransform aesDecryptor = aes.CreateDecryptor ();
byte[] result = aesDecryptor.TransformFinalBlock (guid, 0, guid.Length);
return ToHex (result);
}
public static string ToHex (byte[] data)
{
StringBuilder hex = new StringBuilder (data.Length * 2);
foreach (byte b in data)
hex.AppendFormat ("{0:x2}", b);
return hex.ToString ();
}
public static void Main (string[] args)
{
byte[] key = new byte[16];
EncryptGUI main = new EncryptGUI (key);
byte[] guid = new byte[16];
Console.Out.WriteLine (main.encryptUID (guid));
}
}

How to retrieve IV from an Encrypted string, then decrypt that string using AES128

I know very little about Encryption, but my goal is to essentially decrypt strings. I have been given the AES(128) key.
However, I must retrieve the IV from the Encrypted string, which is the first 16 bits.
Heres the doc for salesforce for more information (if what i explained was incorrect)
Encrypts the blob clearText using the specified algorithm and private
key. Use this method when you want Salesforce to generate the
initialization vector for you. It is stored as the first 128 bits (16
bytes) of the encrypted blob
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_restful_crypto.htm (encryptWithManagedIV)
For Retrieving the IV I've tried something like this (I don't believe it's right though):
public string retrieveIv()
{
string iv = "";
string input = "bwZ6nKpBEsuAKM8lDTYH1Yl69KkHN1i3XehALbfgUqY=";
byte[] bytesToEncode = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);
for(int i = 0; i <= 15; i++){
iv += bytesToEncode[i].ToString(); ;
}
return iv;
}
(Just ignore the fact that the input is hardcoded and not parameterized; easier for testing purposes)
Then use the Best answer from this question to decrypt the string

The IV shouldn't be expressed as a string - it should be as a byte array, as per the AesManaged.IV property.
Also, using Encoding.UTF8 is almost certainly wrong. I suspect you want:
public static byte[] RetrieveIv(string encryptedBase64)
{
// We don't need to base64-decode everything... just 16 bytes-worth
encryptedBase64 = encryptedBase64.Substring(0, 24);
// This will be 18 bytes long (4 characters per 3 bytes)
byte[] encryptedBinary = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedBase64);
byte[] iv = new byte[16];
Array.Copy(encryptedBinary, 0, iv, 0, 16);
return iv;
}