AES Encryption / Decryption with Java 1.5 and ActionScript as3crypto

∟Reference Citations in 2011

∟AES Encryption / Decryption with Java 1.5 and ActionScript as3crypto

'What is ECB (Electronic CodeBook) Operation Mode?' tutorial was cited in a StackOverflow forum post in 2011.

The What is ECB (Electronic CodeBook) Operation Mode? tutorial was cited in a StackOverflow forum post in 2011.

Subject: AES Encryption / Decryption with Java 1.5 and ActionScript
   as3crypto
Date: Apr 9, 2011
Author: Ranhiru Cooray
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5578701
   /aes-encryption-decryption-with-java-1-5-and-actionscript-as3crypto

> On my website I am using AES 128bit encryption/decryption of a
> string. I encrypt a string in Java and I want to decrypt it in a
> flash application that I run on the same webpage, to which I pass
> the encrypted string as a JavaScript variable.
>
> I generate a 128bit key using Java. I can do encryption/decryption
> in Java successfully. Java outputs byte-array (byte[]) for the key,
> encrypted and decrypted result. I use Base64 encoding/decoding to
> successfully get the string equivalent.
>
> On the flash side I use the Java generated key (Base64) to do the
> decryption of the string and I noticed that it is not correctly
> decrypted. The cryptography library that I use in flash is
> as3crypto. When I test this on the demo page of the as3crypto
> project using my Java generated key (Base64) I noticed that I am
> not getting the same result using all possible modes (CBC,
> CFB etc.).
>
> What is the possible cause for this error? Am I doing something
> wrong?

I should also tell you that ECB is not a recommended mode of
operation. Patterns in the plain text is not concealed in the
resulting cipher text. Read these web pages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
and herongyang.com/Cryptography/…