Java tutorial
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.security.SecureRandom; import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator; import javax.crypto.SecretKey; import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory; import javax.crypto.spec.DESKeySpec; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { KeyGenerator keyGen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("DES"); SecureRandom random = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG", "SUN"); random.setSeed(101L); keyGen.init(56, random); SecretKey sKey = keyGen.generateKey(); SecretKeyFactory kfactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DES"); DESKeySpec kspec = (DESKeySpec) kfactory.getKeySpec(sKey, DESKeySpec.class); System.out.println(sKey); FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("secretKeys"); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos); oos.writeObject(kspec.getKey()); FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream("secretKeys"); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fin); byte[] kMaterial = (byte[]) ois.readObject(); DESKeySpec keyspec = new DESKeySpec(kMaterial); SecretKey newKey = kfactory.generateSecret(keyspec); System.out.println(newKey); System.out.println("Do the keys equal :" + newKey.equals(sKey)); } }