Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import javax.crypto.Cipher; import javax.crypto.CipherInputStream; import javax.crypto.SecretKey; import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory; import javax.crypto.spec.DESKeySpec; import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("keyfile")); DESKeySpec ks = new DESKeySpec((byte[]) ois.readObject()); SecretKeyFactory skf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DES"); SecretKey key = skf.generateSecret(ks); Cipher c = Cipher.getInstance("DES/CFB8/NoPadding"); c.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, new IvParameterSpec((byte[]) ois.readObject())); CipherInputStream cis = new CipherInputStream(new FileInputStream("ciphertext"), c); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cis)); System.out.println(br.readLine()); } }