ciphertest.cpp

The code below shows the normal way to use the QCA::Cipher class.

The code below shows the normal way to use the QCA::Cipher class.

/*
 Copyright (C) 2003 Justin Karneges <justin@affinix.com>
 Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Brad Hards <bradh@frogmouth.net>
 
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// QtCrypto has the declarations for all of QCA
#include <QtCrypto>
#include <cstdio>
 
#include <QCoreApplication>
 
#ifdef QT_STATICPLUGIN
#include "import_plugins.h"
#endif
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // the Initializer object sets things up, and
    // also does cleanup when it goes out of scope
    QCA::Initializer init;
 
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
 
    // we use the first argument if provided, or
    // use "hello" if no arguments
    QCA::SecureArray arg = (argc >= 2) ? argv[1] : "hello";
 
    // AES128 testing
    if (!QCA::isSupported("aes128-cbc-pkcs7"))
        printf("AES128-CBC not supported!\n");
    else {
        // Create a random key - you'd probably use one from another
        // source in a real application
        QCA::SymmetricKey key(16);
 
        // Create a random initialisation vector - you need this
        // value to decrypt the resulting cipher text, but it
        // need not be kept secret (unlike the key).
        QCA::InitializationVector iv(16);
 
        // create a 128 bit AES cipher object using Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode
        QCA::Cipher cipher(QStringLiteral("aes128"),
                           QCA::Cipher::CBC,
                           // use Default padding, which is equivalent to PKCS7 for CBC
                           QCA::Cipher::DefaultPadding,
                           // this object will encrypt
                           QCA::Encode,
                           key,
                           iv);
 
        // we use the cipher object to encrypt the argument we passed in
        // the result of that is returned - note that if there is less than
        // 16 bytes (1 block), then nothing will be returned - it is buffered
        // update() can be called as many times as required.
        QCA::SecureArray u = cipher.update(arg);
 
        // We need to check if that update() call worked.
        if (!cipher.ok()) {
            printf("Update failed\n");
        }
        // output the results of that stage
        printf("AES128 encryption of %s is [%s]\n", arg.data(), qPrintable(QCA::arrayToHex(u.toByteArray())));
 
        // Because we are using PKCS7 padding, we need to output the final (padded) block
        // Note that we should always call final() even with no padding, to clean up
        QCA::SecureArray f = cipher.final();
 
        // Check if the final() call worked
        if (!cipher.ok()) {
            printf("Final failed\n");
        }
        // and output the resulting block. The ciphertext is the results of update()
        // and the result of final()
        printf("Final block for AES128 encryption is [0x%s]\n", qPrintable(QCA::arrayToHex(f.toByteArray())));
 
        // re-use the Cipher t decrypt. We need to use the same key and
        // initialisation vector as in the encryption.
        cipher.setup(QCA::Decode, key, iv);
 
        // Build a single cipher text array. You could also call update() with
        // each block as you receive it, if that is more useful.
        QCA::SecureArray cipherText = u.append(f);
 
        // take that cipher text, and decrypt it
        QCA::SecureArray plainText = cipher.update(cipherText);
 
        // check if the update() call worked
        if (!cipher.ok()) {
            printf("Update failed\n");
        }
 
        // output results
        printf("Decryption using AES128 of [0x%s] is %s\n",
               qPrintable(QCA::arrayToHex(cipherText.toByteArray())),
               plainText.data());
 
        // Again we need to call final(), to get the last block (with its padding removed)
        plainText = cipher.final();
 
        // check if the final() call worked
        if (!cipher.ok()) {
            printf("Final failed\n");
        }
 
        // output results
        printf("Final decryption block using AES128 is %s\n", plainText.data());
        // instead of update() and final(), you can do the whole thing
        // in one step, using process()
        printf("One step decryption using AES128: %s\n", QCA::SecureArray(cipher.process(cipherText)).data());
    }
 
    return 0;
}