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Encrypt in Coldfusion and decrypt in C#

Here is the code used to encrypt in coldfusion
<cfset strBase64Value = encrypt(strValue,24 character key,AES) />
It is generating encrypted values like 714FEA9A9A2184769CA49D5133F08580 which seems odd to me considering it is only uppercase and numbers.
What C# library should I use to properly decrypt it ?
Also looking at this information, it seems that by default it uses the UUEncode algorithm to encode.
Should I ask the encrypter to use Base64 as encoding parameter ?

It is generating encrypted values like 714FEA9A9A2184769CA49D5133F08580
Then they are using "Hex", not the default "UUEncode". Either "hex" or "base64" is fine. As long as you both agree upon the encoding, it does not really matter.
You can use RijndaelManaged to decrypt the strings. However, the default encryption settings for ColdFusion and C# differ slightly. With the encrypt function:
"AES" is short for "AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding"
"ECB" mode does not use an IV
Key strings are always base64 encoded
NB: Despite the name difference, for the SUN provider, PKCS5Padding (CF/Java) corresponds to PaddingMode.PKCS7 (C#). As mentioned in this thread, the "... SUN provider in Java indicate[s] PKCS#5 where PKCS#7 should be used - "PKCS5Padding" should have been "PKCS7Padding". This is a legacy from the time that only 8 byte block ciphers such as (triple) DES symmetric cipher were available."
So you need to ensure your C# settings are adjusted to match. With that in mind, just decode the encrypted text from hex and the key string from base64. Using the slightly ugly example in the API, just adjust the algorithm settings to match those used by the encrypt() function:
Encrypt with ColdFusion
<cfscript>
plainText = "Nothing to see";
// 128 bit key base64 encoded
keyInBase64 = "Y25Aju8H2P5DR8mY6B0ezg==";
// "AES" is short for "AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding"
encryptedText = encrypt(plainText, keyInBase64, "AES", "hex");
WriteDump( encryptedText );
// result: 8889EDF02F181158AAD902AB86C63951
</cfscript>
Decrypt with C#
byte[] bytes = SomeMethodToConvertHexToBytes( encryptedText );
byte[] key = Convert.FromBase64String( keyInBase64 );
string decryptedText = null;
using (RijndaelManaged algorithm = new RijndaelManaged())
{
// initialize settings to match those used by CF
algorithm.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
algorithm.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
algorithm.BlockSize = 128;
algorithm.KeySize = 128;
algorithm.Key = key;
ICryptoTransform decryptor = algorithm.CreateDecryptor();
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(bytes))
{
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
{
decryptedText = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Encrypted String: {0}", encryptedText);
Console.WriteLine("Decrypted String: {0}", decryptedText);
Keep in mind you can (and probably should) adjust the settings, such as using the more secure CBC mode instead of ECB. You just need to coordinate those changes with the CF developer.

If anyone had similar problem with JAVA I just implemented encryption and decryption of string previously encrypted/decrypted in coldfusion with "Hex" and "tripledes". Here is my code:
private static final String PADDING = "DESede/ECB/PKCS5Padding";
private static final String UTF_F8 = "UTF-8";
private static final String DE_SEDE = "DESede";
private String secretKey;
public String encrypt(String message) throws Exception {
secretKey = getSecretKey();
final byte[] secretBase64Key = Base64.decodeBase64(secretKey);
final SecretKey key = new SecretKeySpec(secretBase64Key, DE_SEDE);
final Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(PADDING);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
final byte[] plainTextBytes = message.getBytes();
final byte[] cipherText = cipher.doFinal(plainTextBytes);
return Hex.encodeHexString(cipherText);
}
public String decrypt(String keyToDecrypt) throws Exception {
secretKey = getSecretKey();
byte[] message = DatatypeConverter.parseHexBinary(keyToDecrypt);
final byte[] secretBase64Key = Base64.decodeBase64(secretKey);
final SecretKey key = new SecretKeySpec(secretBase64Key, DE_SEDE);
final Cipher decipher = Cipher.getInstance(PADDING);
decipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
final byte[] plainText = decipher.doFinal(message);
return new String(plainText, UTF_F8);
}

TripleDES Encryption in Windows Store app (Windows 8.1)

I want to encrypt some text using TripleDES Encryption with ECB cipher mode in Windows Store app (Windows 8.1) but I am having issues in creating a key for symmetric algorithm.
I would like to tell you what I am currently doing in .NET 4.5
public static string EncryptData(string Message, string passphrase)
{
byte[] tpinBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Message);
string tpinHex = ByteArrayHelper.ByteArrayToHexString(tpinBytes);
byte[] Results;
byte[] TDESKey = ByteArrayHelper.HexStringToByteArray(passphrase);
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider TDESAlgorithm = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
TDESAlgorithm.Key = TDESKey;
TDESAlgorithm.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
TDESAlgorithm.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
byte[] DataToEncrypt = ByteArrayHelper.HexStringToByteArray(tpinHex);
try
{
ICryptoTransform Encryptor = TDESAlgorithm.CreateEncryptor();
Results = Encryptor.TransformFinalBlock(DataToEncrypt, 0, DataToEncrypt.Length);
}
finally
{
TDESAlgorithm.Clear();
}
return ByteArrayHelper.ByteArrayToHexString(Results);
}
Now, I have written this code snippet for my Windows Store (Windows 8.1) app;
private static string TripleDESEncryption(string strMsg, string passphrase)
{
String strAlgName = SymmetricAlgorithmNames.TripleDesEcb;
var bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strMsg);
string hex = BitConverter.ToString(bytes).Replace("-", "");
// Initialize the initialization vector
IBuffer iv = null;
// Create a buffer that contains the encoded message to be encrypted.
IBuffer DataToEncrypt = CryptographicBuffer.DecodeFromHexString(hex);
// Open a symmetric algorithm provider for the specified algorithm.
SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider objAlg = SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(strAlgName);
// Create a symmetric key.
IBuffer TDESKey = CryptographicBuffer.DecodeFromHexString(passphrase);
CryptographicKey key = objAlg.CreateSymmetricKey(TDESKey); // Line of problem.
// Encrypt the data and return.
IBuffer buffEncrypt = CryptographicEngine.Encrypt(key, DataToEncrypt, iv);
return CryptographicBuffer.EncodeToHexString(buffEncrypt);
}
When I match the values of TDESKey and EncryptData, they are identical. However, the issue occurs when I try to create symmetric key (after TDESKey assignment). It gives me an error of Value does not fall within the expected range and according to MSDN forums, the block size may not be supported (which I am unable to understand) and it does not even have those properties which are listed in that forum (for e.g. SupportedKeyLengths).
Can anyone help me out with the sample or point out the mistake I have been making?

WinRT does not support 16-byte keys. Try a 24-byte key.

Python and C# Cryptography: What i'm doing wrong?

I need to encrypt text in python and decrypt in C #. In python, I have this code:
I have this code in Python:
def genKey():
rsa = RSA.gen_key(2048, 65537)
rsa.save_key('c:/temp/priv-key.pem', callback=passwordCallback)
rsa.save_pub_key('c:/temp/pub-key.pem')
def encrypt():
varkey = readkey('c:/temp/pub-key.pem')
bio = BIO.MemoryBuffer(varkey)
rsa = RSA.load_pub_key_bio(bio)
encrypted = rsa.public_encrypt('My Text Here.', RSA.pkcs1_oaep_padding)
f = open("c:/temp/cript.txt", "w")
f.write(encrypted)
f.close()
This code uses M2Crypto.
Like I said, I want to decrypt the result generated up in C #. Below is my code:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string text = GetText();
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding encoding=new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
Byte[] payload = encoding.GetBytes(text);
byte[] b = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(#"C:\temp\priv-key.pem");
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
OpenSSL.Core.BIO bio = new OpenSSL.Core.BIO(b);
OpenSSL.Crypto.CryptoKey key = OpenSSL.Crypto.CryptoKey.FromPrivateKey(bio, "mypassword");
RSA rsa = key.GetRSA();
byte[] result = rsa.PrivateDecrypt(payload, RSA.Padding.OAEP);
}
The problem is this line:
byte[] result = rsa.PrivateDecrypt(payload, RSA.Padding.OAEP);
When it is executed, this error occurs:
error:0407A079:rsa routines:RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_OAEP:oaep decoding error
error:04065072:rsa routines:RSA_EAY_PRIVATE_DECRYPT:padding check failed
The gurus of Cryptography and C# can help me?

You are writing the encryption ciphertext as text. Instead you should open your file in binary mode in python. Then in C# you do the same thing, but the other way around. Here you should return bytes instead of a string as ciphertext.
If you want to use text mode instead of binary mode then you could use base 64 encoding/decoding.

RSA encryption from Flex client and Corresponding Decryption from Web service

I'm having a problem setting up RSA encryption/decryption mechanism between flex client and web service written in c#. The idea is this: I'll encrypt some text from flex and then decrypt it from web service. I'm using as3crypto library from google. It is encrypting/decrypting text properly. I also have the code on the web service side to encrypt/decrypt properly. My problem is synchronizing them - basically sharing the public key to flex and keeping the private key to the web service.
My flex "encrypt" function takes modulus and exponent of RSA to do text encryption, so how do i get these modulus and exponent attributes from the web service's RSACryptoServiceProvider, so they speak the same standard.
I tried the
RSAKeyInfo.Modulus
RSAKeyInfo.Exponent
from the web service and fed them to the flex client.
After doing encryption on flex I took the cipher text and fed it to decrypt method on web service, but it is giving me "bad data" error message.
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Bad Data.
at System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException.ThrowCryptogaphicException(Int32 hr)
at System.Security.Cryptography.Utils._DecryptKey(SafeKeyHandle hPubKey, Byte[] key, Int32 dwFlags)
at System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider.Decrypt(Byte[] rgb, Boolean fOAEP)
at Microsoft.Samples.Security.PublicKey.App.RSADecrypt(Byte[] DataToDecrypt, RSAParameters RSAKeyInfo, Boolean DoOAEPPadding) in C:\Users
\Me\Desktop\After Release\5-24-2011-webServiceCrypto\publickeycryptography\CS\PublicKeyCryptography\PublicKey.cs:line 219
Encryption failed.
How do i make sure they are both using the same byte 64 or 128 byte encryption . ie the input from flex should fit to what is expected by the web service RSACryptoServiceProvider's decrypt method.
(I'm assuming the size might be a problem, may be it's not - i'm lost)
Here is the code, first flex client followed by web service c# code
private function encrypt():void {
var rsa:RSAKey = RSAKey.parsePublicKey(getModulus(), getExponent());
trace("Modulus Lenght: " + getModulus().length);
trace("Exponent Lenght : " + getExponent().length);
var data:ByteArray = getInput(); //returns byteArray of plainText
var dst:ByteArray = new ByteArray;
rsa.encrypt(data, dst, data.length);
trace("Enc Data: " + dst.toString() );
currentResult = Hex.fromArray(dst);
encryptedText = currentResult;
trace("Encrypted:: " + currentResult);
}
//For testing purposes
private function decrypt():void {
var rsa:RSAKey = RSAKey.parsePrivateKey(getModulus(), getExponent(), getPrivate(), getP(), getQ(), getDMP1(), getDMQ1(), getCoeff());
var data:ByteArray = Hex.toArray(encryptedText);
trace("Byte array: " + data.toString());
var dst:ByteArray = new ByteArray;
rsa.decrypt(data, dst, data.length);
decryptedText = Hex.fromArray(dst);
trace("Decrypted text: " + Hex.toString(decryptedText));
}
And web service part is as follows:
try
{
//Create a UnicodeEncoder to convert between byte array and string.
UnicodeEncoding ByteConverter = new UnicodeEncoding();
//Create byte arrays to hold original, encrypted, and decrypted data.
byte[] dataToEncrypt = ByteConverter.GetBytes("Data to Encrypt");
byte[] encryptedData;
byte[] decryptedData;
//Create a new instance of RSACryptoServiceProvider to generate
//public and private key data.
using (RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
{
//Pass the data to ENCRYPT, the public key information
//(using RSACryptoServiceProvider.ExportParameters(false),
//and a boolean flag specifying no OAEP padding.
encryptedData = RSAEncrypt(dataToEncrypt, RSA.ExportParameters(false), false);
//Pass the data to DECRYPT, the private key information
//(using RSACryptoServiceProvider.ExportParameters(true),
//and a boolean flag specifying no OAEP padding.
decryptedData = RSADecrypt(encryptedData, RSA.ExportParameters(true), false);
//Display the decrypted plaintext to the console.
Console.WriteLine("\n\nDecrypted plaintext: {0}", ByteConverter.GetString(decryptedData));
}
}
static public byte[] RSAEncrypt(byte[] DataToEncrypt, RSAParameters RSAKeyInfo, bool DoOAEPPadding)
{
try
{
byte[] encryptedData;
//Create a new instance of RSACryptoServiceProvider.
using (RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
{
//Import the RSA Key information. This only needs
//toinclude the public key information.
RSA.ImportParameters(RSAKeyInfo);
//Encrypt the passed byte array and specify OAEP padding.
//OAEP padding is only available on Microsoft Windows XP or
//later.
encryptedData = RSA.Encrypt(DataToEncrypt, DoOAEPPadding);
}
return encryptedData;
}
//Catch and display a CryptographicException
//to the console.
catch (CryptographicException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
return null;
}
}
static public byte[] RSADecrypt(byte[] DataToDecrypt, RSAParameters RSAKeyInfo, bool DoOAEPPadding)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Modulus Lenghth :" + RSAKeyInfo.Modulus.Length);
Console.WriteLine("Exponent Length :" + RSAKeyInfo.Exponent.Length);
byte[] decryptedData;
//Create a new instance of RSACryptoServiceProvider.
using (RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
{
//Import the RSA Key information. This needs
//to include the private key information.
RSA.ImportParameters(RSAKeyInfo);
//Decrypt the passed byte array and specify OAEP padding.
//OAEP padding is only available on Microsoft Windows XP or
//later.
decryptedData = RSA.Decrypt(DataToDecrypt, DoOAEPPadding);
}
return decryptedData;
}
//Catch and display a CryptographicException
//to the console.
catch (CryptographicException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
return null;
}
}
I'm not quite sure if this RSA set up is the way to go...
Any kinda comment / advice/ or recommended solution is welcome,
thanks guys

Eureka! Eureka! I got it.
The problem was after decryption from web service, the encrypted byte array missed 0's in between, so that when changed to string it gets unreadable '????????' text. So I just put paddWithZeros() function to pad the decrypted byte array with 0's between bytes and it worked.
Thanks Kevin, your solution gave me an insight into what things I should consider. So during decrypting I specify parameter fOAEP as false, so it would use PKCS#1 for padding (making both libraries use the same standard).
RSA.Decrypt(DataToDecrypt, DoOAEPPadding); // DoOAEPPadding = false
another error that i was getting is Bad Data exception. This was fixed when i shared the RSA cryptoServiceProvider's parameters (modulus and exponent) to actionScript methods.
I also changed the byte[] array of c# RSA attributes (like Modulus n, Exponent e, Private d..etc) to hexa string so that I'd be able to share with as3crypto library.
I'd love to share what worked for me; save others some time.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import com.hurlant.crypto.Crypto;
import com.hurlant.crypto.rsa.RSAKey;
import com.hurlant.crypto.symmetric.ICipher;
import com.hurlant.crypto.symmetric.IPad;
import com.hurlant.util.Hex;
private var currentResult:String;
private var encryptedText:String;
private var decryptedText:String;
private function encrypt(plainText:String):String {
var rsa:RSAKey = RSAKey.parsePublicKey(getModulus(), getExponent());
var data:ByteArray = Hex.toArray(Hex.fromString(plainText)); //returns byteArray of plainText
var dst:ByteArray = new ByteArray;
rsa.encrypt(data, dst, data.length);
currentResult = Hex.fromArray(dst);
encryptedText = currentResult;
trace ("Cipher: " + currentResult);
return currentResult;
}
private function getInput():ByteArray {
return null;
}
private function getModulus():String {
return "b6a7ca9002b4df39af1ed39251a5d"; //read this value from web service.
}
private function getExponent():String {
return "011"; //read this value from web service.
}
//For debugging and testing purposes
// private function decrypt(cipherText:String):String {
// var rsa:RSAKey = RSAKey.parsePrivateKey(getModulus(), getExponent(), getPrivate(), getP(), getQ(), getDMP1(), getDMQ1(), getCoeff());
// var data:ByteArray = Hex.toArray(cipherText);
// var dst:ByteArray = new ByteArray;
// rsa.decrypt(data, dst, data.length);
// decryptedText = Hex.fromArray(dst);
//trace('decrypted : ' + decryptedText);
// return Hex.toString(decryptedText);
// }
]]>
</fx:Script>
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<mx:VBox >
<s:Button label="Encrypt Text" click="encrypt('my plain text')" />
<s:Button label="Decrypt Text" click="decrypt({encryptedText})" />
</mx:VBox>
</s:Application>
And the web service part of decryption looks like this:
static public string RSADecrypt(string cipherText)
{
UnicodeEncoding ByteConverter = new UnicodeEncoding();
byte[] DataToDecrypt = StringToByteArray(cipherText);
bool DoOAEPPadding = false;
try
{
byte[] decryptedData;
using (RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
{
KeyInfo keyInfo = new KeyInfo();
RSAParameters RSAKeyInfo = keyInfo.getKey();
RSA.ImportParameters(RSAKeyInfo);
decryptedData = RSA.Decrypt(DataToDecrypt, DoOAEPPadding);
}
byte[] paddedOutput = paddWithZeros(decryptedData); //to sync with as3crypto
return (ByteConverter.GetString(paddedOutput));
}catch (CryptographicException e)
{
//handle error
return null;
}
}
I'll do some reading about padding schemes for RSA, see if there is any misconception.
Thanks

Seems overly complicated. I've worked on some high security systems before, but this is ludicrous. Why would you need this kind of level of encryption at the text being sent unless you don't want the user to know the text he just inputted?
Just use a strong SSL key (256bit is max for IE6, you could use 512 but only compatible with newer browsers) for the actual transfer protocol (I imagine HTTP) with a binary data format (AMF) and everything should be fine. I doubt your system is that important to leverage the use of encrypting text.

I use as3crypto and JAVA web-services. Here are some thoughts:
a. I generated my public and private RSA keys via openssl
b. My client loads the public .cer file at application startup (if you just hardcoded them in from the generated key that works too).
var pemString : String = new String(data.target.data);
var x509Cert : X509Certificate = new X509Certificate(pemString);
var publicRSAKey : RSAKey = x509Cert.getPublicKey();
c. Encrypt my strings via
var inputByteArray : ByteArray = Hex.toArray(Hex.fromString(inputString));
var outputByteArray : ByteArray = new ByteArray();
appSettingsModel.publicRSAKey.encrypt(inputByteArray, outputByteArray, inputByteArray.length);
d. I didn't write the JAVA side of things but you aren't using JAVA anyways. I know that as3crypto uses PKCS1 padding by default:
RSAKEY.as
private function _encrypt(op:Function, src:ByteArray, dst:ByteArray, length:uint, pad:Function, padType:int):void {
// adjust pad if needed
if (pad==null) pad = pkcs1pad;
This can be changed but I haven't tried it yet. Based on your code it looks like you might be trying to decrypt with OAEP scheme, but I can't tell how you are setting that bool. You may want to take a look at what padding scheme is being used with the bool as false and try to change one side or the other to match padding strategies.

How to get private key from PKCS#12 (.p12) file using C#

Im trying to sign some data using PKCS#12 certificate ,however i have problem with obtaining private key from PKCS#12 (.p12) file.
public byte[] sign(string text)
{
string password = "1111";
X509Certificate2 cert = new X509Certificate2("c:\\certificate.p12",password);
byte[] certData = cert.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx,password);
X509Certificate2 newCert = new X509Certificate2(certData, password);
RSACryptoServiceProvider crypt = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)newCert.PrivateKey;
SHA1Managed sha1 = new SHA1Managed();
UnicodeEncoding encoding = new UnicodeEncoding();
byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes(text);
byte[] hash = sha1.ComputeHash(data);
return crypt.SignHash(hash, CryptoConfig.MapNameToOID("SHA1"));
}
The problem is that newCert.PrivateKey is null but if i am using .pfx certicitae in similar way it works.
public byte[] sign(string text)
{
string password = "1234";
X509Certificate2 cert = new X509Certificate2("c:\\certificate.pfx", password);
RSACryptoServiceProvider crypt = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)cert.PrivateKey;
SHA1Managed sha1 = new SHA1Managed();
UnicodeEncoding encoding = new UnicodeEncoding();
byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes(text);
byte[] hash = sha1.ComputeHash(data);
return crypt.SignHash(hash, CryptoConfig.MapNameToOID("SHA1"));
}
So the question is how to get that private key from .p12 file ?

I had a similar problem which I posted here, although it is not the same thing for you, the problem may be also permissions.
My suggestions are, first, you have to make sure (which I suppose you already did) that the private key is exportable and you have permissions to the file.
Next, try exporting the content type as X509ContentType.Pkcs12 instead of X509ContentType.Pfx
Finally, if it is possible, why don't you try importing it to the certstore. I believe that's more secure. The steps are in the link above.

Have a look at this question. It looks very similar.

In the docs, it says that .export() doesn't support the Pfx type, only Cert, SerializedCert, and Pkcs12.

This was done for using Android - so the R.raw.key below was my file in the Android Raw folder.
I opened key.p12 as as input stream. Which I then converted to the private key using the libraries as seen in the example.
http://www.flexiprovider.de/examples/ExampleSMIMEsign.html
My code looks like this
Security.addProvider(new de.flexiprovider.core.FlexiCoreProvider());
// Next, we have to read the private PKCS #12 file, since the the
// private key used for signing is contained in this file:
DERDecoder dec = new DERDecoder(getResources().openRawResource(
R.raw.key));
PFX pfx = new PFX();
try {
pfx.decode(dec);
SafeBag safeBag = pfx.getAuthSafe().getSafeContents(0)
.getSafeBag(0);
PKCS8ShroudedKeyBag kBag = (PKCS8ShroudedKeyBag) safeBag
.getBagValue();
char[] password = "my password for the p12".toCharArray();
privKey = kBag.getPrivateKey(password);
new AsyncLoadStorage(this).execute();
} catch (ASN1Exception e) {