JceSecretKeyTest.java - Secret Key Test Program

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∟JceSecretKeyTest.java - Secret Key Test Program

This section provides a quick tutorial example on how to write a sample program to generate a secret key for Blowfish, DES, or HmacMD5 encryption, save the secret key to a file, and read it back.

The following sample program shows you how to generate a secret key, write it a file, and read it back.

/* JceSecretKeyTest.java
 * Copyright (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.security.spec.*;
import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.spec.*;
class JceSecretKeyTest {
   public static void main(String[] a) {
      if (a.length<3) {
         System.out.println("Usage:");
         System.out.println("java JceSecretKeyTest keySize output"
            +" algorithm");
         return;
      }
      int keySize = Integer.parseInt(a[0]);
      String output = a[1];
      String algorithm = a[2]; // Blowfish, DES, DESede, HmacMD5
      try {
         writeKey(keySize,output,algorithm);
         readKey(output,algorithm);
      } catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println("Exception: "+e);
         return;
      }
   }
   private static void writeKey(int keySize, String output, 
         String algorithm) throws Exception {
      KeyGenerator kg = KeyGenerator.getInstance(algorithm);
      kg.init(keySize);
      System.out.println();
      System.out.println("KeyGenerator Object Info: ");
      System.out.println("Algorithm = "+kg.getAlgorithm());
      System.out.println("Provider = "+kg.getProvider());
      System.out.println("Key Size = "+keySize);
      System.out.println("toString = "+kg.toString());

      SecretKey ky = kg.generateKey();
      String fl = output+".key";
      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(fl);
      byte[] kb = ky.getEncoded();
      fos.write(kb);
      fos.close();
      System.out.println();
      System.out.println("SecretKey Object Info: ");
      System.out.println("Algorithm = "+ky.getAlgorithm());
      System.out.println("Saved File = "+fl);
      System.out.println("Size = "+kb.length);
      System.out.println("Format = "+ky.getFormat());
      System.out.println("toString = "+ky.toString());
   }
   private static void readKey(String input, String algorithm) 
      throws Exception {
      String fl = input+".key";
      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(fl);
      int kl = fis.available();
      byte[] kb = new byte[kl];
      fis.read(kb);
      fis.close();
      KeySpec ks = null;
      SecretKey ky = null;
      SecretKeyFactory kf = null;
      if (algorithm.equalsIgnoreCase("DES")) {
         ks = new DESKeySpec(kb);
         kf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DES");
         ky = kf.generateSecret(ks);
      } else if (algorithm.equalsIgnoreCase("DESede")) {
         ks = new DESedeKeySpec(kb);
         kf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DESede");
         ky = kf.generateSecret(ks);
      } else {
         ks = new SecretKeySpec(kb,algorithm);
         ky = new SecretKeySpec(kb,algorithm);
      }

      System.out.println();
      System.out.println("KeySpec Object Info: ");
      System.out.println("Saved File = "+fl);
      System.out.println("Length = "+kb.length);
      System.out.println("toString = "+ks.toString());

      System.out.println();
      System.out.println("SecretKey Object Info: ");
      System.out.println("Algorithm = "+ky.getAlgorithm());
      System.out.println("toString = "+ky.toString());
   }
}

Here is the result of my first test.

herong> javac JceSecretKeyTest.java


herong> java JceSecretKeyTest 56 key1 Blowfish

KeyGenerator Object Info:
Algorithm = Blowfish
Provider = SunJCE version 12
Key Size = 56
toString = javax.crypto.KeyGenerator@b09e89

SecretKey Object Info:
Algorithm = Blowfish
Saved File = key1.key
Size = 7
Format = RAW
toString = javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec@2685016e

KeySpec Object Info:
Saved File = key1.key
Length = 7
toString = javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec@2685016e

SecretKey Object Info:
Algorithm = Blowfish
toString = javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec@2685016e

The program seems to be working:

Since I am not specifying the provider name, the implementation of the Blowfish algorithm provided in the default security package was selected. Of course, Sun is the provider of the default security package.
The Blowfish key is only 7 bytes when "encoded" in RAW format.
When importing the blowfish key back from the 7 raw bytes, SecretKeyScep class is used instead of SecretKeyFactory class.

In the second test, I wants to try DES algorithm:

herong> java JceSecretKeyTest 56 key2 DES

KeyGenerator Object Info:
Algorithm = DES
Provider = SunJCE version 12
Key Size = 56
toString = javax.crypto.KeyGenerator@b09e89

SecretKey Object Info:
Algorithm = DES
Saved File = key2.key
Size = 8
Format = RAW
toString = com.sun.crypto.provider.DESKey@fffe7965

KeySpec Object Info:
Saved File = key2.key
Length = 8
toString = javax.crypto.spec.DESKeySpec@a401c2

SecretKey Object Info:
Algorithm = DES
toString = com.sun.crypto.provider.DESKey@fffe7965