TripleDES Encryption issue

I'm new to using this part of the framework, so I'm hoping I've done
something obviously stupid, which someone will be able to point out in
an obvious manner.

Most of the samples I've seen involved encrypting and decrypting to and
from a file, but that's not what I want. I want to be able to insert a
string into an encryption function which outputs that encrypted string,
which could then be sent into a decryption function and spit out the
original string.

As you might expect, ultimately, I want to be able to put this string
into a database table.

Anyways, I set up a simple test page where I enter a string in a
textbox, and then run it through an encrypt, then decrypt, function, and
print out to some labels to make sure it is doing it correctly.

The encrypt part seems to work (at least the function doesn't fail), but
the decrypt function fails, with an error saying that the length of the
encrypted string is invalid. Here are the functions:

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public static string Encrypt(string StringToEncrypt){
string EncryptedString;
UTF8Encoding utf8encoder = new UTF8Encoding();
byte[] inputInBytes = utf8encoder.GetBytes(StringToEncrypt);
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdesProvider = new
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
ICryptoTransform cryptoTransform =
tdesProvider.CreateEncryptor(tdeskey, tdesIV);
MemoryStream encryptedStream = new MemoryStream();
CryptoStream cryptStream = new CryptoStream(encryptedStream,
cryptoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write);

cryptStream.Write(inputInBytes, 0, inputInBytes.Length);
cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock();
encryptedStream.Position = 0;

byte[] result = new byte[encryptedStream.Length - 1];
encryptedStream.Read(result, 0, (int)(encryptedStream.Length - 1));
cryptStream.Close();

UTF8Encoding myutf = new UTF8Encoding();
EncryptedString = myutf.GetString(result);
return EncryptedString;
}//end Encrypt

public static string Decrypt(string StringToDecrypt){
string DecryptedString;

UTF8Encoding utf8encoder = new UTF8Encoding();
byte[] inputInBytes = utf8encoder.GetBytes(StringToDecrypt);
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdesProvider = new
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
ICryptoTransform cryptoTransform =
tdesProvider.CreateDecryptor(tdeskey, tdesIV);
MemoryStream decryptedStream = new MemoryStream();
CryptoStream cryptStream = new CryptoStream(decryptedStream,
cryptoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write);

cryptStream.Write(inputInBytes, 0, (inputInBytes.Length));
cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock();
decryptedStream.Position = 0;

byte[] result = new byte[decryptedStream.Length - 1];
decryptedStream.Read(result, 0, (int)(decryptedStream.Length - 1));
cryptStream.Close();

DecryptedString = result.ToString();

return DecryptedString;
}//end Decrypt

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cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock() in the decrypt function is what fails.

Any ideas would be greatly welcomed.

jdn
kingcrim@dotnet.itags.org.earthlink.netChange the stream type. The encryption samples use a file stream, but any
type of stream can be used to encrypt/decrypt. I have seen plenty of samples
with strings, as well as files, but you are correct that many of the samples
are file based.

Hope this helps.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MPV; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think outside the box!
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"jdn" <kingcrim@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:uAMyKjEdDHA.904@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I'm new to using this part of the framework, so I'm hoping I've done
> something obviously stupid, which someone will be able to point out in
> an obvious manner.
> Most of the samples I've seen involved encrypting and decrypting to and
> from a file, but that's not what I want. I want to be able to insert a
> string into an encryption function which outputs that encrypted string,
> which could then be sent into a decryption function and spit out the
> original string.
> As you might expect, ultimately, I want to be able to put this string
> into a database table.
> Anyways, I set up a simple test page where I enter a string in a
> textbox, and then run it through an encrypt, then decrypt, function, and
> print out to some labels to make sure it is doing it correctly.
> The encrypt part seems to work (at least the function doesn't fail), but
> the decrypt function fails, with an error saying that the length of the
> encrypted string is invalid. Here are the functions:
> ************************************************** ************
> public static string Encrypt(string StringToEncrypt){
> string EncryptedString;
> UTF8Encoding utf8encoder = new UTF8Encoding();
> byte[] inputInBytes = utf8encoder.GetBytes(StringToEncrypt);
> TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdesProvider = new
> TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
> ICryptoTransform cryptoTransform =
> tdesProvider.CreateEncryptor(tdeskey, tdesIV);
> MemoryStream encryptedStream = new MemoryStream();
> CryptoStream cryptStream = new CryptoStream(encryptedStream,
> cryptoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write);
> cryptStream.Write(inputInBytes, 0, inputInBytes.Length);
> cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock();
> encryptedStream.Position = 0;
> byte[] result = new byte[encryptedStream.Length - 1];
> encryptedStream.Read(result, 0, (int)(encryptedStream.Length - 1));
> cryptStream.Close();
> UTF8Encoding myutf = new UTF8Encoding();
> EncryptedString = myutf.GetString(result);
> return EncryptedString;
> }//end Encrypt
> public static string Decrypt(string StringToDecrypt){
> string DecryptedString;
>
> UTF8Encoding utf8encoder = new UTF8Encoding();
> byte[] inputInBytes = utf8encoder.GetBytes(StringToDecrypt);
> TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdesProvider = new
> TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
> ICryptoTransform cryptoTransform =
> tdesProvider.CreateDecryptor(tdeskey, tdesIV);
> MemoryStream decryptedStream = new MemoryStream();
> CryptoStream cryptStream = new CryptoStream(decryptedStream,
> cryptoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write);
> cryptStream.Write(inputInBytes, 0, (inputInBytes.Length));
> cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock();
> decryptedStream.Position = 0;
> byte[] result = new byte[decryptedStream.Length - 1];
> decryptedStream.Read(result, 0, (int)(decryptedStream.Length - 1));
> cryptStream.Close();
> DecryptedString = result.ToString();
> return DecryptedString;
> }//end Decrypt
> ************************************************** **********************
> cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock() in the decrypt function is what fails.
> Any ideas would be greatly welcomed.
> jdn
> kingcrim@.earthlink.net
Cowboy (Gregory A Beamer) wrote:

> Change the stream type. The encryption samples use a file stream, but any
> type of stream can be used to encrypt/decrypt. I have seen plenty of samples
> with strings, as well as files, but you are correct that many of the samples
> are file based.
> Hope this helps.

Change the stream type to what?

Thanks.

jdn
Cowboy (Gregory A Beamer) wrote:

> Change the stream type. The encryption samples use a file stream, but any
> type of stream can be used to encrypt/decrypt. I have seen plenty of samples
> with strings, as well as files, but you are correct that many of the samples
> are file based.
> Hope this helps.

Why would changing the stream type fix the issue? It seems to have to
do with how the decrypt function is written or maybe with how the
encrypt function writes the string.

jdn
There are several kinds of streams, IO streams, memory streams, XML streams.. etc.. so if you are dealing with a filestream - then you will only really be able to read/write from a file.. if you want to read/write to a variable, you likely need a MemoryStream or some equivalent..

"jdn" <kingcrim@.earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uTuNAWYdDHA.2932@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Cowboy (Gregory A Beamer) wrote:

> Change the stream type. The encryption samples use a file stream, but any
> type of stream can be used to encrypt/decrypt. I have seen plenty of samples
> with strings, as well as files, but you are correct that many of the samples
> are file based.
>
> Hope this helps.
>

Why would changing the stream type fix the issue? It seems to have to
do with how the decrypt function is written or maybe with how the
encrypt function writes the string.

jdn
Drebin wrote:

> There are several kinds of streams, IO streams, memory streams, XML streams.. etc.. so if you are dealing with a filestream - then you will only really be able to read/write from a file.. if you want to read/write to a variable, you likely need a MemoryStream or some equivalent..
>
> "jdn" <kingcrim@.earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uTuNAWYdDHA.2932@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Cowboy (Gregory A Beamer) wrote:
>
>>Change the stream type. The encryption samples use a file stream, but any
>>type of stream can be used to encrypt/decrypt. I have seen plenty of samples
>>with strings, as well as files, but you are correct that many of the samples
>>are file based.
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>
>
> Why would changing the stream type fix the issue? It seems to have to
> do with how the decrypt function is written or maybe with how the
> encrypt function writes the string.
> jdn

No, I know that. Since I am trying to Encrypt and Decrypt using
MemoryStream and CryptoStream both places, I don't see how changing that
will solve the issue. Though maybe I'm missing something.