Error while Decrypting the String

[prasath03]

Hi,

I wrote a java program for Encrypt and Decrypt the given string, when i execute the program it show me an error....but the string has Encrypted, if i want to Decrypt the string it show me an error...

The error is:

javax.crypto.Il legalBlockSizeE xception: Input length must be multiple of 8 when decrypting with padded cipher

Encoded: --> pLqxYQViK5U
Decoded: --> null



what i did wrong in this code...
i posted my code here...

Code:

import java.io.*;
import java.security.* ;
import java.util.*;
import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.sp ec.*;
public class CryptoLibrary
{
public static void main(String[] args)

{
Cipher encryptCipher;

Cipher decryptCipher;
sun.misc.BASE64 Encoder encoder = new sun.misc.BASE64 Encoder();
sun.misc.BASE64 Decoder decoder = new sun.misc.BASE64 Decoder();
java.security.S ecurity.addProv ider(new com.sun.crypto. provider.SunJCE ());
char[] pass = "A".toCharArray ();
byte[] salt = {

(byte) 0xa3, (byte) 0x21, (byte) 0x24, (byte) 0x2c,

(byte) 0xf2, (byte) 0xd2, (byte) 0x3e, (byte) 0x19};
int iterations = 3;
String encoded,decoded =null;
try
{
PBEParameterSpe c ps = new javax.crypto.sp ec.PBEParameter Spec(salt, 20);
SecretKeyFactor y kf = SecretKeyFactor y.getInstance(" PBEWithMD5AndDE S");
SecretKey k = kf.generateSecr et(new javax.crypto.sp ec.PBEKeySpec(p ass));
encryptCipher = Cipher.getInsta nce("PBEWithMD5 AndDES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
encryptCipher.i nit(Cipher.ENCR YPT_MODE, k, ps);
decryptCipher = Cipher.getInsta nce("PBEWithMD5 AndDES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
decryptCipher.i nit(Cipher.DECR YPT_MODE, k, ps);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new SecurityExcepti on("Could not initialize CryptoLibrary: " + e.getMessage()) ;
}
try
{
byte[] utf8 = "Arjunan".getBy tes("UTF8");
byte[] enc = encryptCipher.d oFinal(utf8);
encoded=encoder .encode(enc);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new SecurityExcepti on("Could not encrypt: " + e.getMessage()) ;
}
try
{
byte[] dec = decoder.decodeB uffer("Arjunan" );
byte[] utf8 = decryptCipher.d oFinal(dec);
System.out.prin tln("SSSSSSSSSS SSS ");
decoded= new String(utf8, "UTF8");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.prin tln("Error in decrypting the string "+e);
}
try
{
System.out.prin tln("Encoded: --> " + encoded);
System.out.prin tln("Decoded: --> " + decoded);

}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.prin tln("Error in last line of the prg "+e);
}
}
}


if anyone get the answer... Let me know...


Thanks in Advance,

V. Prasath

[cordeo]

You feed the original string into the decoder, not the encoded string:

            byte[] dec = decoder.decodeBuffer("Arjunan");

That should of course be:

            byte[] dec = decoder.decodeBuffer(encoded);

which solves your problem immediately.

[blazedaces]

Also from now on please post your code in code tags (look to the top right corner when you're replying for instructions).

It makes code a lot more readable (like adding indentations, etc.)

-blazed