Sign Up

Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.

Have an account? Sign In

Have an account? Sign In Now

Sign In

Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.

Sign Up Here

Forgot Password?

Don't have account, Sign Up Here

Forgot Password

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.

Have an account? Sign In Now

You must login to ask a question.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.

Sign InSign Up

The Archive Base

The Archive Base Logo The Archive Base Logo

The Archive Base Navigation

  • Home
  • SEARCH
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
Search
Ask A Question

Mobile menu

Close
Ask a Question
  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Feed
  • User Profile
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Buy Points
  • Users
  • Help
  • Buy Theme
  • SEARCH
Home/ Questions/Q 6371247
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Editorial Team
Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T01:02:16+00:00 2026-05-25T01:02:16+00:00

I have to Encrypt a String to send via HTTPS to a server. Then,

  • 0

I have to Encrypt a String to send via HTTPS to a server. Then, on server side, I have to Decrypt the string and used it.

I used this code in both sides:

public class SimpleCrypto {

public static String encrypt(String seed, String cleartext) throws Exception {

    byte[] rawKey = getRawKey(seed.getBytes());

    byte[] result = encrypt(rawKey, cleartext.getBytes());

    return toHex(result);
}

public static String decrypt(String seed, String encrypted) throws Exception {

    byte[] rawKey = getRawKey(seed.getBytes());

    byte[] enc = toByte(encrypted);

    byte[] result = decrypt(rawKey, enc);

    return new String(result);
}

private static byte[] getRawKey(byte[] seed) throws Exception {

    KeyGenerator kgen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");

    SecureRandom sr = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG");

    sr.setSeed(seed);

    kgen.init(128, sr); // 192 and 256 bits may not be available

    SecretKey skey = kgen.generateKey();

    byte[] raw = skey.getEncoded();

    return raw;
}


private static byte[] encrypt(byte[] raw, byte[] clear) throws Exception {

    SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(raw, "AES");

    Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");

    cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);

    byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(clear);

    return encrypted;
}

private static byte[] decrypt(byte[] raw, byte[] encrypted) throws Exception {

    SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(raw, "AES");

    Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");

    cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);

    byte[] decrypted = cipher.doFinal(encrypted);

    return decrypted;
}

public static String toHex(String txt) {

    return toHex(txt.getBytes());
}
public static String fromHex(String hex) {

    return new String(toByte(hex));
}

public static byte[] toByte(String hexString) {

    int len = hexString.length()/2;

    byte[] result = new byte[len];

    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        result[i] = Integer.valueOf(hexString.substring(2*i, 2*i+2), 16).byteValue();

    return result;
}

public static String toHex(byte[] buf) {

    if (buf == null)
        return "";

    StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(2*buf.length);

    for (int i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
            appendHex(result, buf[i]);
    }

    return result.toString();
}

private final static String HEX = "0123456789ABCDEF";

private static void appendHex(StringBuffer sb, byte b) {

    sb.append(HEX.charAt((b>>4)&0x0f)).append(HEX.charAt(b&0x0f));
}

}

On android, using “123456789” as a seed the rawKey give me:

[99, 51, -103, -58, 81, -52, 90, -103, -114, 70, -128, -25, -105, -124, -128, -67]

But on Server side, using the same seed, give me:

[-52, 103, 4, 60, 123, -49, -11, -18, -91, 86, 107, -39, -79, -13, -57, 79]

I can’t understand why. Is diferent the javax.crypto.KeyGenerator on Android?, I’m making something bad?

Please, I need some help.

Thank you very much

Sorry for my poor english

—————————–UPDATE——————————————————–

This is my new code:

public class DesEncrypter {

    public static final int SALT_LENGTH = 20;
    public static final int PBE_ITERATION_COUNT = 1024;

    private static final String RANDOM_ALGORITHM = "SHA1PRNG";
    private static final String PBE_ALGORITHM = "PBEWithSHA256And256BitAES-CBC-BC";
    private static final String CIPHER_ALGORITHM = "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding";


    public byte[] encrypt(String password, String cleartext) {

        byte[] encryptedText = null;

        try {
            byte[] salt = "dfghjklpoiuytgftgyhj".getBytes();

            PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray(), salt, PBE_ITERATION_COUNT, 256);

            SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWITHSHAAND256BITAES-CBC-BC");

            SecretKey tmp = factory.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec);

            SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(tmp.getEncoded(), "AES");

            byte[] key = secret.getEncoded();

            Cipher encryptionCipher = Cipher.getInstance(CIPHER_ALGORITHM);   

            byte[] iv = generateIv();

            IvParameterSpec ivspec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);

            encryptionCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secret, ivspec);

            encryptedText = encryptionCipher.doFinal(cleartext.getBytes());

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return encryptedText;
    }

    public String decrypt(String password, byte[] encryptedText) {

        String cleartext = "";

        try {
            byte[] salt = "dfghjklpoiuytgftgyhj".getBytes();

            PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray(), salt, PBE_ITERATION_COUNT, 256);

            SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWITHSHAAND256BITAES-CBC-BC");

            SecretKey tmp = factory.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec);

            SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(tmp.getEncoded(), "AES");

            byte[] key = secret.getEncoded();

            Cipher decryptionCipher = Cipher.getInstance(CIPHER_ALGORITHM);

            byte[] iv = generateIv();

            IvParameterSpec ivspec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);

            decryptionCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secret, ivspec);

            byte[] decryptedText = decryptionCipher.doFinal(encryptedText);

            cleartext =  new String(decryptedText); 

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return cleartext;
    }   

    private byte[] generateIv() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {

        SecureRandom random = SecureRandom.getInstance(RANDOM_ALGORITHM);

        byte[] iv = new byte[16];

        random.nextBytes(iv);

        return iv;
    }

}

—————————-FINALL CODE WORKING ON ANDROID!——————————–

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

public class DesEncrypter {

    public static final int SALT_LENGTH = 20;
    public static final int PBE_ITERATION_COUNT = 200; //1024;

    private static final String PBE_ALGORITHM = "PBEWithSHA256And256BitAES-CBC-BC";

    //algoritmo / modo / relleno 
    private static final String CIPHER_ALGORITHM = "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding";

    byte[] iv = "1234567890asdfgh".getBytes();

    byte[] salt = "dfghjklpoiuytgftgyhj".getBytes();

    public byte[] encrypt(String password, String cleartext) {

        byte[] encryptedText = null;

        try {


            PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray(), salt, PBE_ITERATION_COUNT, 256);

            //Factoria para crear la SecretKey, debemos indicar el Algoritmo
            SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(PBE_ALGORITHM);

            SecretKey tmp = factory.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec);

            //Creamos una llave;
            SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(tmp.getEncoded(), "AES");

            //Obtenemos la llave, solo informativo
            byte[] key = secret.getEncoded();

            //La clase Cipher, se usa para cifrar mediante algoritmos de  clave simétrica
            Cipher encryptionCipher = Cipher.getInstance(CIPHER_ALGORITHM);   

            //byte[] iv = generateIv();

            IvParameterSpec ivspec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);

            //Accion, SecretKey, parameter specification for an initialization vector
            encryptionCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secret, ivspec);

            //Realizamos el cifrado
            encryptedText = encryptionCipher.doFinal(cleartext.getBytes());

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return encryptedText;
    }

    public String decrypt(String password, byte[] encryptedText) {

        String cleartext = "";

        try {

            PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray(), salt, PBE_ITERATION_COUNT, 256);

            //Factoria para crear la SecretKey, debemos indicar el Algoritmo
            SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(PBE_ALGORITHM);

            SecretKey tmp = factory.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec);

            //Creamos una llave;
            SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(tmp.getEncoded(), "AES");

            //Obtenemos la llave, solo informativo
            byte[] key = secret.getEncoded();

            //La clase Cipher, se usa para cifrar mediante algoritmos de  clave simétrica
            Cipher decryptionCipher = Cipher.getInstance(CIPHER_ALGORITHM);

            //byte[] iv = generateIv();

            IvParameterSpec ivspec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);

            //Accion, SecretKey, parameter specification for an initialization vector
            decryptionCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secret, ivspec);

            //Realizamos el descifrado
            byte[] decryptedText = decryptionCipher.doFinal(encryptedText);

            cleartext =  new String(decryptedText); 

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return cleartext;
    }      
}
  • 1 1 Answer
  • 0 Views
  • 0 Followers
  • 0
Share
  • Facebook
  • Report

Leave an answer
Cancel reply

You must login to add an answer.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

1 Answer

  • Voted
  • Oldest
  • Recent
  • Random
  1. Editorial Team
    Editorial Team
    2026-05-25T01:02:17+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2026 at 1:02 am

    Why are you encrypting if you are using SSL in the first place? HTTPS (SSL) will encrypt your data in transit, and it will be automatically decrypted on the server. Additionally, your custom encryption scheme is very likely to be less secure than SSL.

    Your error is in how you derive your key: setSeed() does not replace the state of the random number generator, it only augment it. What this means is that even if you pass the same bytes to setSeed(), generateKey() will most likely generate a different key. Use the PBE (password-based encryption) classes to derive a key from a password. Or make sure your server and client are using the same key in some other way.

    Here a sample of generating a key from a password (for Android). You need to find a PBE algorithm that is supported both on Android and on your server. If you use the JCE Bouncy Castle provider in your server app, it should support the same algorithms as Android (Android uses Bouncy Castle for part of its JCE implementation).

    SecretKeyFactory factory = 
        SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWITHSHAAND256BITAES-CBC-BC");
    KeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec("password".toCharArray(), salt, 1024, 256);
    SecretKey tmp = factory.generateSecret(spec);
    SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(tmp.getEncoded(), "AES");
    
    • 0
    • Reply
    • Share
      Share
      • Share on Facebook
      • Share on Twitter
      • Share on LinkedIn
      • Share on WhatsApp
      • Report

Sidebar

Related Questions

I have been trying to encrypt soap message and send to the server, so
I have used Oracle Advanced Security to encrypt data during data transfer. I have
I have this code for AES encryption, can some one verify that this code
I have a PHP class to encrypt and decrypt strings: $ralphabet = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890,.:;?~@#\$%^&*()_+-=][}{><; $alphabet
Is there a way to encrypt the data file that mysql uses? I have
Have you ever seen any of there error messages? -- SQL Server 2000 Could
Have you guys had any experiences (positive or negative) by placing your source code/solution
Have you used VS.NET Architect Edition's Application and System diagrams to start designing a
Hi I have a webapp - and in one method I need to encrypt
I am developing Iphone application. I have used SecKeyGeneratePair method of Security/Security.h framework. I

Explore

  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Users
  • Help
  • SEARCH

Footer

© 2021 The Archive Base. All Rights Reserved
With Love by The Archive Base

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

Or link to existing content

    No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.