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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2000 David Flanagan.  All rights reserved.
 * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition.
 * It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
 * You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose.
 * You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice.
 * For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book (recommended),
 * visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples2.
 */

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.Provider;
import java.security.Security;
import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;

import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.CipherOutputStream;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.DESedeKeySpec;

/**
 * This class defines methods for encrypting and decrypting using the Triple DES
 * algorithm and for generating, reading and writing Triple DES keys. It also
 * defines a main() method that allows these methods to be used from the command
 * line.
 */
public class TripleDES {
    /**
     * The program. The first argument must be -e, -d, or -g to encrypt,
     * decrypt, or generate a key. The second argument is the name of a file
     * from which the key is read or to which it is written for -g. The -e and
     * -d arguments cause the program to read from standard input and encrypt or
     * decrypt to standard output.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // Check to see whether there is a provider that can do TripleDES
            // encryption. If not, explicitly install the SunJCE provider.
            try {
                Cipher c = Cipher.getInstance("DESede");
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // An exception here probably means the JCE provider hasn't
                // been permanently installed on this system by listing it
                // in the $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/java.security file.
                // Therefore, we have to install the JCE provider explicitly.
                System.err.println("Installing SunJCE provider.");
                Provider sunjce = new com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE();
                Security.addProvider(sunjce);
            }

            // This is where we'll read the key from or write it to
            File keyfile = new File(args[1]);

            // Now check the first arg to see what we're going to do
            if (args[0].equals("-g")) { // Generate a key
                System.out.print("Generating key. This may take some time...");
                System.out.flush();
                SecretKey key = generateKey();
                writeKey(key, keyfile);
                System.out.println("done.");
                System.out.println("Secret key written to " + args[1] + ". Protect that file carefully!");
            } else if (args[0].equals("-e")) { // Encrypt stdin to stdout
                SecretKey key = readKey(keyfile);
                encrypt(key, System.in, System.out);
            } else if (args[0].equals("-d")) { // Decrypt stdin to stdout
                SecretKey key = readKey(keyfile);
                decrypt(key, System.in, System.out);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e);
            System.err.println("Usage: java " + TripleDES.class.getName() + " -d|-e|-g <keyfile>");
        }
    }

    /** Generate a secret TripleDES encryption/decryption key */
    public static SecretKey generateKey() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
        // Get a key generator for Triple DES (a.k.a DESede)
        KeyGenerator keygen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("DESede");
        // Use it to generate a key
        return keygen.generateKey();
    }

    /** Save the specified TripleDES SecretKey to the specified file */
    public static void writeKey(SecretKey key, File f)
            throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException {
        // Convert the secret key to an array of bytes like this
        SecretKeyFactory keyfactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DESede");
        DESedeKeySpec keyspec = (DESedeKeySpec) keyfactory.getKeySpec(key, DESedeKeySpec.class);
        byte[] rawkey = keyspec.getKey();

        // Write the raw key to the file
        FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f);
        out.write(rawkey);
        out.close();
    }

    /** Read a TripleDES secret key from the specified file */
    public static SecretKey readKey(File f)
            throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException, InvalidKeySpecException {
        // Read the raw bytes from the keyfile
        DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(f));
        byte[] rawkey = new byte[(int) f.length()];
        in.readFully(rawkey);
        in.close();

        // Convert the raw bytes to a secret key like this
        DESedeKeySpec keyspec = new DESedeKeySpec(rawkey);
        SecretKeyFactory keyfactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DESede");
        SecretKey key = keyfactory.generateSecret(keyspec);
        return key;
    }

    /**
     * Use the specified TripleDES key to encrypt bytes from the input stream
     * and write them to the output stream. This method uses CipherOutputStream
     * to perform the encryption and write bytes at the same time.
     */
    public static void encrypt(SecretKey key, InputStream in, OutputStream out)
            throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException, NoSuchPaddingException, IOException {
        // Create and initialize the encryption engine
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede");
        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);

        // Create a special output stream to do the work for us
        CipherOutputStream cos = new CipherOutputStream(out, cipher);

        // Read from the input and write to the encrypting output stream
        byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
        int bytesRead;
        while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
            cos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
        }
        cos.close();

        // For extra security, don't leave any plaintext hanging around memory.
        java.util.Arrays.fill(buffer, (byte) 0);
    }

    /**
     * Use the specified TripleDES key to decrypt bytes ready from the input
     * stream and write them to the output stream. This method uses uses Cipher
     * directly to show how it can be done without CipherInputStream and
     * CipherOutputStream.
     */
    public static void decrypt(SecretKey key, InputStream in, OutputStream out)
            throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException, IOException, IllegalBlockSizeException,
            NoSuchPaddingException, BadPaddingException {
        // Create and initialize the decryption engine
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede");
        cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);

        // Read bytes, decrypt, and write them out.
        byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
        int bytesRead;
        while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
            out.write(cipher.update(buffer, 0, bytesRead));
        }

        // Write out the final bunch of decrypted bytes
        out.write(cipher.doFinal());
        out.flush();
    }
}