Rapid Web Application Development

// 

//    This sample code is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
//    and confers no rights. 
// 
//    ATTENTION: This sample is designed to be more of a
//    tutorial rather than something you can copy and paste in
//    the production code! 
// 

  

using System; 
using System.IO; 
using System.Security.Cryptography; 

// 
// Sample encrypt/decrypt functions 
// Parameter checks and error handling
// are ommited for better readability 
// 

public class EncDec 
{
    // Encrypt a byte array into a byte array using a key and an IV 
    public static byte[] Encrypt(byte[] clearData, byte[] Key, byte[] IV) 
    { 
        // Create a MemoryStream to accept the encrypted bytes 
        MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); 

        // Create a symmetric algorithm. 
        // We are going to use Rijndael because it is strong and
        // available on all platforms. 
        // You can use other algorithms, to do so substitute the
        // next line with something like 
        //      TripleDES alg = TripleDES.Create(); 
        Rijndael alg = Rijndael.Create(); 

        // Now set the key and the IV. 
        // We need the IV (Initialization Vector) because
        // the algorithm is operating in its default 
        // mode called CBC (Cipher Block Chaining).
        // The IV is XORed with the first block (8 byte) 
        // of the data before it is encrypted, and then each
        // encrypted block is XORed with the 
        // following block of plaintext.
        // This is done to make encryption more secure. 

        // There is also a mode called ECB which does not need an IV,
        // but it is much less secure. 
        alg.Key = Key; 
        alg.IV = IV; 

        // Create a CryptoStream through which we are going to be
        // pumping our data. 
        // CryptoStreamMode.Write means that we are going to be
        // writing data to the stream and the output will be written
        // in the MemoryStream we have provided. 
        CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, 
           alg.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write); 

        // Write the data and make it do the encryption 
        cs.Write(clearData, 0, clearData.Length); 

        // Close the crypto stream (or do FlushFinalBlock). 
        // This will tell it that we have done our encryption and
        // there is no more data coming in, 
        // and it is now a good time to apply the padding and
        // finalize the encryption process. 
        cs.Close(); 

        // Now get the encrypted data from the MemoryStream.
        // Some people make a mistake of using GetBuffer() here,
        // which is not the right way. 
        byte[] encryptedData = ms.ToArray();

        return encryptedData; 
    } 

    // Encrypt a string into a string using a password 
    //    Uses Encrypt(byte[], byte[], byte[]) 

    public static string Encrypt(string clearText, string Password) 
    { 
        // First we need to turn the input string into a byte array. 
        byte[] clearBytes = 
          System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(clearText); 

        // Then, we need to turn the password into Key and IV 
        // We are using salt to make it harder to guess our key
        // using a dictionary attack - 
        // trying to guess a password by enumerating all possible words. 
        PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(Password, 
            new byte[] {0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 
            0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76}); 

        // Now get the key/IV and do the encryption using the
        // function that accepts byte arrays. 
        // Using PasswordDeriveBytes object we are first getting
        // 32 bytes for the Key 
        // (the default Rijndael key length is 256bit = 32bytes)
        // and then 16 bytes for the IV. 
        // IV should always be the block size, which is by default
        // 16 bytes (128 bit) for Rijndael. 
        // If you are using DES/TripleDES/RC2 the block size is
        // 8 bytes and so should be the IV size. 
        // You can also read KeySize/BlockSize properties off
        // the algorithm to find out the sizes. 
        byte[] encryptedData = Encrypt(clearBytes, 
                 pdb.GetBytes(32), pdb.GetBytes(16)); 

        // Now we need to turn the resulting byte array into a string. 
        // A common mistake would be to use an Encoding class for that.
        //It does not work because not all byte values can be
        // represented by characters. 
        // We are going to be using Base64 encoding that is designed
        //exactly for what we are trying to do. 
        return Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData); 

    }
    
    // Encrypt bytes into bytes using a password 
    //    Uses Encrypt(byte[], byte[], byte[]) 

    public static byte[] Encrypt(byte[] clearData, string Password) 
    { 
        // We need to turn the password into Key and IV. 
        // We are using salt to make it harder to guess our key
        // using a dictionary attack - 
        // trying to guess a password by enumerating all possible words. 
        PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(Password, 
            new byte[] {0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 
            0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76}); 

        // Now get the key/IV and do the encryption using the function
        // that accepts byte arrays. 
        // Using PasswordDeriveBytes object we are first getting
        // 32 bytes for the Key 
        // (the default Rijndael key length is 256bit = 32bytes)
        // and then 16 bytes for the IV. 
        // IV should always be the block size, which is by default
        // 16 bytes (128 bit) for Rijndael. 
        // If you are using DES/TripleDES/RC2 the block size is 8
        // bytes and so should be the IV size. 
        // You can also read KeySize/BlockSize properties off the
        // algorithm to find out the sizes. 
        return Encrypt(clearData, pdb.GetBytes(32), pdb.GetBytes(16)); 

    }

    // Encrypt a file into another file using a password 
    public static void Encrypt(string fileIn, 
                string fileOut, string Password) 
    { 

        // First we are going to open the file streams 
        FileStream fsIn = new FileStream(fileIn, 
            FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); 
        FileStream fsOut = new FileStream(fileOut, 
            FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write); 

        // Then we are going to derive a Key and an IV from the
        // Password and create an algorithm 
        PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(Password, 
            new byte[] {0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 
            0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76}); 

        Rijndael alg = Rijndael.Create(); 
        alg.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32); 
        alg.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16); 

        // Now create a crypto stream through which we are going
        // to be pumping data. 
        // Our fileOut is going to be receiving the encrypted bytes. 
        CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(fsOut, 
            alg.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write); 

        // Now will will initialize a buffer and will be processing
        // the input file in chunks. 
        // This is done to avoid reading the whole file (which can
        // be huge) into memory. 
        int bufferLen = 4096; 
        byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferLen]; 
        int bytesRead; 

        do { 
            // read a chunk of data from the input file 
            bytesRead = fsIn.Read(buffer, 0, bufferLen); 

            // encrypt it 
            cs.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); 
        } while(bytesRead != 0); 

        // close everything 

        // this will also close the unrelying fsOut stream
        cs.Close(); 
        fsIn.Close();     
    } 

    // Decrypt a byte array into a byte array using a key and an IV 
    public static byte[] Decrypt(byte[] cipherData, 
                                byte[] Key, byte[] IV) 
    { 
        // Create a MemoryStream that is going to accept the
        // decrypted bytes 
        MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); 

        // Create a symmetric algorithm. 
        // We are going to use Rijndael because it is strong and
        // available on all platforms. 
        // You can use other algorithms, to do so substitute the next
        // line with something like 
        //     TripleDES alg = TripleDES.Create(); 
        Rijndael alg = Rijndael.Create(); 

        // Now set the key and the IV. 
        // We need the IV (Initialization Vector) because the algorithm
        // is operating in its default 
        // mode called CBC (Cipher Block Chaining). The IV is XORed with
        // the first block (8 byte) 
        // of the data after it is decrypted, and then each decrypted
        // block is XORed with the previous 
        // cipher block. This is done to make encryption more secure. 
        // There is also a mode called ECB which does not need an IV,
        // but it is much less secure. 
        alg.Key = Key; 
        alg.IV = IV; 

        // Create a CryptoStream through which we are going to be
        // pumping our data. 
        // CryptoStreamMode.Write means that we are going to be
        // writing data to the stream 
        // and the output will be written in the MemoryStream
        // we have provided. 
        CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, 
            alg.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write); 

        // Write the data and make it do the decryption 
        cs.Write(cipherData, 0, cipherData.Length); 

        // Close the crypto stream (or do FlushFinalBlock). 
        // This will tell it that we have done our decryption
        // and there is no more data coming in, 
        // and it is now a good time to remove the padding
        // and finalize the decryption process. 
        cs.Close(); 

        // Now get the decrypted data from the MemoryStream. 
        // Some people make a mistake of using GetBuffer() here,
        // which is not the right way. 
        byte[] decryptedData = ms.ToArray(); 

        return decryptedData; 
    }

    // Decrypt a string into a string using a password 
    //    Uses Decrypt(byte[], byte[], byte[]) 

    public static string Decrypt(string cipherText, string Password) 
    { 
        // First we need to turn the input string into a byte array. 
        // We presume that Base64 encoding was used 
        byte[] cipherBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText); 

        // Then, we need to turn the password into Key and IV 
        // We are using salt to make it harder to guess our key
        // using a dictionary attack - 
        // trying to guess a password by enumerating all possible words. 
        PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(Password, 
            new byte[] {0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 0x65, 
            0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76}); 

        // Now get the key/IV and do the decryption using
        // the function that accepts byte arrays. 
        // Using PasswordDeriveBytes object we are first
        // getting 32 bytes for the Key 
        // (the default Rijndael key length is 256bit = 32bytes)
        // and then 16 bytes for the IV. 
        // IV should always be the block size, which is by
        // default 16 bytes (128 bit) for Rijndael. 
        // If you are using DES/TripleDES/RC2 the block size is
        // 8 bytes and so should be the IV size. 
        // You can also read KeySize/BlockSize properties off
        // the algorithm to find out the sizes. 
        byte[] decryptedData = Decrypt(cipherBytes, 
            pdb.GetBytes(32), pdb.GetBytes(16)); 

        // Now we need to turn the resulting byte array into a string. 
        // A common mistake would be to use an Encoding class for that.
        // It does not work 
        // because not all byte values can be represented by characters. 
        // We are going to be using Base64 encoding that is 
        // designed exactly for what we are trying to do. 
        return System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(decryptedData); 
    }

    // Decrypt bytes into bytes using a password 
    //    Uses Decrypt(byte[], byte[], byte[]) 

    public static byte[] Decrypt(byte[] cipherData, string Password) 
    { 
        // We need to turn the password into Key and IV. 
        // We are using salt to make it harder to guess our key
        // using a dictionary attack - 
        // trying to guess a password by enumerating all possible words. 
        PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(Password, 
            new byte[] {0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 
            0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76}); 

        // Now get the key/IV and do the Decryption using the 
        //function that accepts byte arrays. 
        // Using PasswordDeriveBytes object we are first getting
        // 32 bytes for the Key 
        // (the default Rijndael key length is 256bit = 32bytes)
        // and then 16 bytes for the IV. 
        // IV should always be the block size, which is by default
        // 16 bytes (128 bit) for Rijndael. 
        // If you are using DES/TripleDES/RC2 the block size is
        // 8 bytes and so should be the IV size. 

        // You can also read KeySize/BlockSize properties off the
        // algorithm to find out the sizes. 
        return Decrypt(cipherData, pdb.GetBytes(32), pdb.GetBytes(16)); 
    }

    // Decrypt a file into another file using a password 
    public static void Decrypt(string fileIn, 
                string fileOut, string Password) 
    { 
    
        // First we are going to open the file streams 
        FileStream fsIn = new FileStream(fileIn,
                    FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); 
        FileStream fsOut = new FileStream(fileOut,
                    FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write); 
  
        // Then we are going to derive a Key and an IV from
        // the Password and create an algorithm 
        PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(Password, 
            new byte[] {0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 
            0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76}); 
        Rijndael alg = Rijndael.Create(); 

        alg.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32); 
        alg.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16); 

        // Now create a crypto stream through which we are going
        // to be pumping data. 
        // Our fileOut is going to be receiving the Decrypted bytes. 
        CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(fsOut, 
            alg.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write); 
  
        // Now will will initialize a buffer and will be 
        // processing the input file in chunks. 
        // This is done to avoid reading the whole file (which can be
        // huge) into memory. 
        int bufferLen = 4096; 
        byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferLen]; 
        int bytesRead; 

        do { 
            // read a chunk of data from the input file 
            bytesRead = fsIn.Read(buffer, 0, bufferLen); 

            // Decrypt it 
            cs.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); 

        } while(bytesRead != 0); 

        // close everything 
        cs.Close(); // this will also close the unrelying fsOut stream 
        fsIn.Close();     
    }
 }