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Cipher AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding cant decrypt after application reinitialization

I'm trying to encrypt and decrypt some texts using Cipher with the "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding" algorithm but if I restart the application the text that was encrypt can't be decrypted.
I'm encrypting the text, transforming the encrypted bytes in base64 text, storing it and retrieving it when necessary, so transforming the base64 text in bytes and trying to decrypt to take the original text.
The code I'm using is:
private static SecretKey getKeyFromPassword(String password, String salt)
throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException {
SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256");
KeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray(), salt.getBytes(UTF_8),
65536, 256);
SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(factory.generateSecret(spec)
.getEncoded(), "AES");
return secret;
}
private static IvParameterSpec generateIv() {
byte[] iv = new byte[16];
new SecureRandom().nextBytes(iv);
return new IvParameterSpec(iv);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, InvalidKeyException, NoSuchPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException {
// string for test
String teste = "teste teste teste teste";
//getting start with Cipher
SecretKey secretKey = getKeyFromPassword("pass", "salt");
IvParameterSpec ivParameterSpec = generateIv();
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
//encrypting
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey, ivParameterSpec);
byte[] cipherText = new byte[0];
cipherText = cipher.doFinal(teste.getBytes(UTF_8));
// encrypt to base64 text
String criptado = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(cipherText);
//decripting
byte[] plainText = new byte[0];
byte[] rawText = Base64.getDecoder().decode(criptado);
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secretKey, ivParameterSpec);
plainText = cipher.doFinal(rawText);
String decriptado = new String(plainText);
The problem is something with the size of the bit key? Like in this topic: java AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING in php (AES-256-CBC) resulting different result
I took this guide to the code: baeldung.com/java-aes-encryption-decryption

Invalid AES key length: 12 bytes in java

As per given steps, I have performed encryption but am getting an error.
Generate a 16-digit random number (session key). Say RANDOMNO.
RANDOMNO = 1111222233334444
Encrypt RANDOMNO using RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding and encode using Base64. Say ENCR_KEY.
ENCR_KEY = B64Encode(RSA/ECB/PKCS1Encryption(RANDOMNO,ICICIPubKey.cer))
Perform AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding encryption on request payload using RANDOMNO as key and ivinitialization vector. Say ENCR_DATA.
ENCR_DATA = B64Encode(AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding(REQUEST_DATA, RANDOMNO, IV))
Now the client may choose to send IV in request from one of the two options below.
Send Base64 Encoded IV in “iv” tag.
public byte[] generateRandomBytes() {
SecureRandom ng=new SecureRandom();
byte[] randomBytes=new byte[16];
ng.nextBytes(randomBytes);
return randomBytes;
}
//new method for encryption -we need to check
public String encryptRandomKeyWithCertificate(byte[] randomNumber) throws BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, InvalidKeyException, NoSuchPaddingException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, FileNotFoundException, CertificateException {
//step2: encrypt the random number with certificate
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream("D:\\cedge_uat\\ICICIUATpubliccert.cer");
CertificateFactory f = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
X509Certificate certificate = (X509Certificate) f.generateCertificate(fin);
PublicKey publicKey = certificate.getPublicKey();
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, publicKey);
byte[] cipherData = cipher.doFinal(randomNumber);
String encodedData = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(cipherData);
return encodedData;
}
public String encryptRequestWithKey(String text, byte[] randomNumber) throws Exception {
//step3: encrypt the requestString with randomkeyEncrypted
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
BASE64Decoder decoder = new BASE64Decoder();
SecretKeySpec keySpec = new SecretKeySpec(randomNumber, "AES");
IvParameterSpec ivSpec = new IvParameterSpec(new byte[16]);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, keySpec,ivSpec);
byte[] cipherData = cipher.doFinal(text.getBytes());
// BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
//return encoder.encode(cipherData).replaceAll("[\r\n]+", "");
String encodedData = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(cipherData);
return encodedData;
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String requestString = "CORP_USER=";
byte[] randomNumber;
String encryptedKey;
try {
randomNumber=encryption.generateRandomBytes();
encryptedKey = encryption.encryptRandomKeyWithCertificate(randomNumber);
String encryptedData =encryption.encryptRequestWithKey(requestString,randomNumber);
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

According to the Wikipedia page on AES encryption, an AES key can be 128, 192 or 256 bits; i.e. 16, 24 or 32 bytes.
You are supplying a key whose size depends on the "random" number string you are generating. It looks like it will be between 1 and 19 digits plus a possible sign. When you call getBytes() on that string, you will get a byte array with anywhere between 1 and 20 bytes. That is typically NOT one of the acceptable key sizes for AES.
What you should do is use SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[]) and supply a byte array of one of the three acceptable key sizes for AES.

javax.crypto.AEADBadTagException: Tag mismatch! Error when encrypting String

I wrote a simple Encryption and Decryption helper class for my android app to encrypt and store Strings securely.
It consists of a single static public method to encrypt, then it calls a private static method to decrypt the encrypted message and returns it. I wrote the method this way to check if the message is intact after encryption/decryption.
I wrote a simple JUnit test with a String and called AssertEquals on the String before and after sending it to the Crypto encryption method.
I get this following errors from running the test:
javax.crypto.AEADBadTagException: Tag mismatch!
The error stack:
at com.sun.crypto.provider.GaloisCounterMode.decryptFinal(GaloisCounterMode.java:571)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.finalNoPadding(CipherCore.java:1046)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherCore.java:983)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherCore.java:845)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.AESCipher.engineDoFinal(AESCipher.java:446)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(Cipher.java:2165)
at util.Crypto.decrypt(Crypto.java:94)
at util.Crypto.encrypt(Crypto.java:64)
at com.example.ali.meappley.CryptoTest.encryptAndDecryptTest(CryptoTest.java:29)
I'm new to cryptography, but I read different stackoverflow replies and couldn't find anything of help. Some users suggested calling cipher.update(someByteArray) before calling cipher.doFinal(someByteArray) but I couldnt manage to get it working. Any suggestions?
This is my helper class
public class Crypto {
//public methods
//public static encrypt method
public static String encrypt(String messageToEncrypt, #Nullable byte[] associatedData) throws NoSuchPaddingException,
NoSuchAlgorithmException,
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException,
InvalidKeyException,
BadPaddingException,
IllegalBlockSizeException {
byte[] plainBytes = messageToEncrypt.getBytes();
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
byte[] key = new byte[16];
secureRandom.nextBytes(key);
SecretKey secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(key, "AES");
byte[] iv = new byte[12]; //NEVER REUSE THIS IV WITH SAME KEY
secureRandom.nextBytes(iv);
final Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/GCM/NoPadding");
GCMParameterSpec parameterSpec = new GCMParameterSpec(128, iv); //128 bit auth tag length
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey, parameterSpec);
if (associatedData != null) {
cipher.updateAAD(associatedData);
}
byte[] cipherText = cipher.doFinal(plainBytes);
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(4 + iv.length + cipherText.length);
byteBuffer.putInt(iv.length);
byteBuffer.put(iv);
byteBuffer.put(cipherText);
byte[] cipherMessage = byteBuffer.array();
Arrays.fill(key,(byte) 0); //overwrite the content of key with zeros
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
byte[] decrypted = decrypt(cipherMessage, null, key);
return decrypted.toString();
}
//public static decrypt method
private static byte[] decrypt(byte[] cipherMessage, #Nullable byte[] associatedData, byte[] key) throws NoSuchPaddingException,
NoSuchAlgorithmException,
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException,
InvalidKeyException,
BadPaddingException,
IllegalBlockSizeException {
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(cipherMessage);
int ivLength = byteBuffer.getInt();
if(ivLength < 12 || ivLength >= 16) { // check input parameter
throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid iv length");
}
byte[] iv = new byte[ivLength];
byteBuffer.get(iv);
byte[] cipherText = new byte[byteBuffer.remaining()];
byteBuffer.get(cipherText);
final Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/GCM/NoPadding");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, new SecretKeySpec(key, "AES"), new GCMParameterSpec(128, iv));
if (associatedData != null) {
cipher.updateAAD(associatedData);
}
cipher.update(cipherText);
byte[] plainText= cipher.doFinal(cipherText);
return plainText;
}

There are a few issues with your code:
1) In your encrypt-method remove the following line (or shift it behind the decrypt-call).
Arrays.fill(key, (byte) 0); // overwrite the content of key with zeros
Otherwise the key for encryption and decryption differ.
2) In your encrypt-method also pass the associatedData in your decrypt-call i.e. replace
byte[] decrypted = decrypt(cipherMessage, null, key);
with
byte[] decrypted = decrypt(cipherMessage, associatedData, key);
The associatedData passed for encryption and decryption have to match for validity. For the purpose of the associatedData see e.g. https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/6711/how-to-use-gcm-mode-and-associated-data-properly
3) In your decrypt-method remove the line
cipher.update(cipherText);
For the purpose of the update-method see e.g. What does cipher.update do in java?
All three issues give rise to an AEADBadTagException.
4) I suspect for testing purposes your encrypt-method returns decrypted.toString() which however only gives you the object's class and hashcode. It would make more sense to return e.g. new String(decrypted).

javax.crypto.BadPaddingException AES

I am using AESCrypt (gradle :compile 'com.scottyab:aescrypt:0.0.1')
to encrypt and decrypt the data.
TextView tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.demotext);
String encrypted="",decrypted="";
try {
encrypted = AESCrypt.encrypt("password","This is the best thing to go by");
decrypted = AESCrypt.decrypt("password",encrypted);
} catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("EncryptedData:"+encrypted);
System.out.println("DecryptedData:"+decrypted);
tv.setText("Encrypted:"+encrypted +"\n"+"Decrypted:"+decrypted);
The code works perfectly fine in this case, I get the same input as decrypted text.
But, when I try to use already encrypted string using the same method (AES) from the site http://aesencryption.net/ as shown in the screenshot:
And copy paste that encrypted text like:
decrypted = AESCrypt.decrypt("password","sttA+FbNm3RkTovjHI8CcAdStXiMl45s29Jqle+y+pA=");
And then run the code then I get error saying :
javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: error:1e06b065:Cipher functions:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:BAD_DECRYPT
But when I use the decrypted text into the same site it works fine as shown in the screenshot below.
private static byte[] decrypt(byte[] raw, byte[] encrypted) throws Exception {
SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(raw, "AES");
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);
byte[] decrypted = cipher.doFinal(encrypted);
return decrypted;
}

Probably due to the algorithm to convert the passphrase 'password' to SecretKeySpec
This is the algorithm in AESCrypt
private static SecretKeySpec GenerateKey (final String password) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, UnsupportedEncodingException {    
final MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance (HASH_ALGORITHM);
byte [] bytes = password.getBytes ("UTF-8");
digest.update (bytes, 0, bytes.length);
byte [] key = digest.digest ();
log ("SHA-256 key" key);
SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec (key, "AES");
secretKeySpec return;
}
And this is the (Java) example aesencryption.net
sha = MessageDigest.getInstance ("SHA-1");
key = sha.digest (key);
key = Arrays.copyOf (key, 16); // Use only first 128 bit
SecretKey = new SecretKeySpec (key, "AES");
The first one applies SHA256 hashing, and the second SHA-1 after completing up to 16 bytes, so the key is different.
I think you are encrypting and decrypting AES in the right way. You do not need to change anything.
But if you want to be compatible with aesencryption.net, you need to implement the same key generation algorithm. The code is not too good. I try to summarize
//Code from aesencryption.net
// Generate key
MessageDigest sha = null;
key = myKey.getBytes ("UTF-8");
sha = MessageDigest.getInstance ("SHA-1");
key = sha.digest (key);
key = Arrays.copyOf (key, 16); // Use only first 128 bit
SecretKey = new SecretKeySpec (key, "AES");
public static String encrypt (String strToEncrypt) {
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance ("AES / ECB / PKCS5Padding");
     cipher.init (Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, SecretKey);
Base64.encodeBase64String return (cipher.doFinal (strToEncrypt.getBytes ("UTF-8"))));
}
public static String decrypt (String strToDecrypt) {
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance ("AES / ECB / PKCS5PADDING");
cipher.init (Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, SecretKey);
return new String (cipher.doFinal (Base64.decodeBase64 (strToDecrypt))));
}
I can also provide my own code extracted from an Android app witch requires to store private user data. Data is ciphered with an AES key protected with an user passphrase
public static String SIMMETRICAL_ALGORITHM = "AES";
//Generate cipher key with user provided password
private static String getPassphraseSize16(String key) {
if (TextUtils.isEmpty(key)) {
return null;
}
char controlChar = '\u0014';
String key16 = key + controlChar;
if (key16.length() < 16) {
while (key16.length() < 16) {
key16 += key + controlChar;
}
}
if (key16.length() > 16) {
key16 = key16.substring(key16.length() - 16, key16.length());
}
return key16;
}
//AES cipher with passphrase
public static byte[] encrypt(byte[] message, String passphrase)
throws NoSuchPaddingException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException {
String passphrase16 = getPassphraseSize16(passphrase);
SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(passphrase16.getBytes(), SIMMETRICAL_ALGORITHM);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(SIMMETRICAL_ALGORITHM);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey);
byte[] encoded = cipher.doFinal(message);
return encoded;
}
//AES decipher with passphrase
public static byte[] decrypt(byte[] encodedMessage, String key) throws NoSuchPaddingException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException {
String passphrase16 = getPassphraseSize16(key);
SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(passphrase16.getBytes(), SIMMETRICAL_ALGORITHM);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(SIMMETRICAL_ALGORITHM);
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secretKey);
byte decoded[] = cipher.doFinal(encodedMessage);
return decoded;
}

Java - Encrypt String with existing public key file

I've been researching this for the past 4-5 hours now and can't seem to find an answer that actually works despite finding 'answers' that used everything from a few methods to an entire ~100 line class. I can't imagine that there isn't some simple function to do such a trivial thing :P
I have a pre-existing set of public / private keys (actually, two sets - one generated by ssh-keygen and another by openssl so .. whatever format works is cool).
All I am after is a simple java equivalent to what I write in python like -
key_object = someModule.KeyObject(nameOfPublicKeyFile)
def encrypt (SomePlainText) :
return someOtherModule.encrypt(key_object, SomePlainText)
Any help would be awesome!

These openssl commands in the shell create an RSA key pair and write the public and private keys to DER formatted files.
Here, the private key file is not password-protected (-nocrypt) to keep things simple.
$ openssl genrsa -out keypair.pem 2048
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus
............+++
................................+++
e is 65537 (0x10001)
$ openssl rsa -in keypair.pem -outform DER -pubout -out public.der
writing RSA key
$ openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -in keypair.pem -outform DER -out private.der
Now that you have the DER files, you can read them in Java and use KeySpec and KeyFactory to create PublicKey and PrivateKey objects.
public byte[] readFileBytes(String filename) throws IOException
{
Path path = Paths.get(filename);
return Files.readAllBytes(path);
}
public PublicKey readPublicKey(String filename) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException
{
X509EncodedKeySpec publicSpec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(readFileBytes(filename));
KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
return keyFactory.generatePublic(publicSpec);
}
public PrivateKey readPrivateKey(String filename) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException
{
PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(readFileBytes(filename));
KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
return keyFactory.generatePrivate(keySpec);
}
With the public and private keys, you can encrypt and decrypt small amounts of data (that fit within your RSA modulus.) I recommend OAEP padding.
public byte[] encrypt(PublicKey key, byte[] plaintext) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidKeyException, IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException
{
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA1AndMGF1Padding");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
return cipher.doFinal(plaintext);
}
public byte[] decrypt(PrivateKey key, byte[] ciphertext) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidKeyException, IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException
{
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA1AndMGF1Padding");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
return cipher.doFinal(ciphertext);
}
Here it is tied together with a simple encryption and decryption:
public void Hello()
{
try
{
PublicKey publicKey = readPublicKey("public.der");
PrivateKey privateKey = readPrivateKey("private.der");
byte[] message = "Hello World".getBytes("UTF8");
byte[] secret = encrypt(publicKey, message);
byte[] recovered_message = decrypt(privateKey, secret);
System.out.println(new String(recovered_message, "UTF8"));
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

I would like to share a piece of code.. well actually a whole class which can do what you require if you customize it to your own needs. I have used this in one of my application where I used to encrypt/decrypt a file with the generated public/private keys. Same can be applied to Strings as well.
import java.security.*;
import java.security.spec.*;
import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.spec.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
/**
* This class encrypts and decrypts a file using CipherStreams
* and a 256-bit Rijndael key. The key is then encrypted using
* a 1024-bit RSA key, which is password-encrypted.
*/
public class FileEncryptorRSA {
/**
* When files are encrypted, this will be appended to the end
* of the filename.
*/
private static final String ENCRYPTED_FILENAME_SUFFIX=".encrypted";
/**
* When files are decrypted, this will be appended to the end
* of the filename.
*/
private static final String DECRYPTED_FILENAME_SUFFIX=".decrypted";
/**
* Number of times the password will be hashed with MD5
* when transforming it into a TripleDES key.
*/
private static final int ITERATIONS = 1000;
/**
* FileEncryptor is started with one of three options:
*
* -c: create key pair and write it to 2 files
* -e: encrypt a file, given as an argument
* -d: decrypt a file, given as an argument
*/
public static void main (String[] args)
throws Exception {
if ((args.length < 1) || (args.length > 2)) {
usage();
} else if ("-c".equals(args[0])) {
createKey();
} else if ("-e".equals(args[0])) {
encrypt(args[1]);
} else if ("-d".equals(args[0])) {
decrypt(args[1]);
} else {
usage();
}
}
private static void usage() {
System.err.println("Usage: java FileEncryptor -c|-e|-d [filename]");
System.exit(1);
}
/**
* Creates a 1024 bit RSA key and stores it to
* the filesystem as two files.
*/
private static void createKey()
throws Exception {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Password to encrypt the private key: ");
String password = in.readLine();
System.out.println("Generating an RSA keypair...");
// Create an RSA key
KeyPairGenerator keyPairGenerator = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA");
keyPairGenerator.initialize(1024);
KeyPair keyPair = keyPairGenerator.genKeyPair();
System.out.println("Done generating the keypair.\n");
// Now we need to write the public key out to a file
System.out.print("Public key filename: ");
String publicKeyFilename = in.readLine();
// Get the encoded form of the public key so we can
// use it again in the future. This is X.509 by default.
byte[] publicKeyBytes = keyPair.getPublic().getEncoded();
// Write the encoded public key out to the filesystem
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(publicKeyFilename);
fos.write(publicKeyBytes);
fos.close();
// Now we need to do the same thing with the private key,
// but we need to password encrypt it as well.
System.out.print("Private key filename: ");
String privateKeyFilename = in.readLine();
// Get the encoded form. This is PKCS#8 by default.
byte[] privateKeyBytes = keyPair.getPrivate().getEncoded();
// Here we actually encrypt the private key
byte[] encryptedPrivateKeyBytes =
passwordEncrypt(password.toCharArray(),privateKeyBytes);
fos = new FileOutputStream(privateKeyFilename);
fos.write(encryptedPrivateKeyBytes);
fos.close();
}
/**
* Encrypt the given file with a session key encrypted with an
* RSA public key which will be read in from the filesystem.
*/
private static void encrypt(String fileInput)
throws Exception {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Public Key to encrypt with: ");
String publicKeyFilename = in.readLine();
// Load the public key bytes
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(publicKeyFilename);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int theByte = 0;
while ((theByte = fis.read()) != -1)
{
baos.write(theByte);
}
fis.close();
byte[] keyBytes = baos.toByteArray();
baos.close();
// Turn the encoded key into a real RSA public key.
// Public keys are encoded in X.509.
X509EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(keyBytes);
KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
PublicKey publicKey = keyFactory.generatePublic(keySpec);
// Open up an output file for the output of the encryption
String fileOutput = fileInput + ENCRYPTED_FILENAME_SUFFIX;
DataOutputStream output = new DataOutputStream
(new FileOutputStream(fileOutput));
// Create a cipher using that key to initialize it
Cipher rsaCipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding");
rsaCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, publicKey);
// Now create a new 256 bit Rijndael key to encrypt the file itself.
// This will be the session key.
KeyGenerator rijndaelKeyGenerator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("Rijndael");
rijndaelKeyGenerator.init(256);
System.out.println("Generating session key...");
Key rijndaelKey = rijndaelKeyGenerator.generateKey();
System.out.println("Done generating key.");
// Encrypt the Rijndael key with the RSA cipher
// and write it to the beginning of the file.
byte[] encodedKeyBytes= rsaCipher.doFinal(rijndaelKey.getEncoded());
output.writeInt(encodedKeyBytes.length);
output.write(encodedKeyBytes);
// Now we need an Initialization Vector for the symmetric cipher in CBC mode
SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom();
byte[] iv = new byte[16];
random.nextBytes(iv);
// Write the IV out to the file.
output.write(iv);
IvParameterSpec spec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);
// Create the cipher for encrypting the file itself.
Cipher symmetricCipher = Cipher.getInstance("Rijndael/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
symmetricCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, rijndaelKey, spec);
CipherOutputStream cos = new CipherOutputStream(output, symmetricCipher);
System.out.println("Encrypting the file...");
FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(fileInput);
theByte = 0;
while ((theByte = input.read()) != -1)
{
cos.write(theByte);
}
input.close();
cos.close();
System.out.println("File encrypted.");
return;
}
/**
* Decrypt the given file.
* Start by getting the RSA private key
* and decrypting the session key embedded
* in the file. Then decrypt the file with
* that session key.
*/
private static void decrypt(String fileInput)
throws Exception {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Private Key to decrypt with: ");
String privateKeyFilename = in.readLine();
System.out.print("Password for the private key: ");
String password = in.readLine();
// Load the private key bytes
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(privateKeyFilename);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int theByte = 0;
while ((theByte = fis.read()) != -1)
{
baos.write(theByte);
}
fis.close();
byte[] keyBytes = baos.toByteArray();
baos.close();
keyBytes = passwordDecrypt(password.toCharArray(), keyBytes);
// Turn the encoded key into a real RSA private key.
// Private keys are encoded in PKCS#8.
PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(keyBytes);
KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
PrivateKey privateKey = keyFactory.generatePrivate(keySpec);
// Create a cipher using that key to initialize it
Cipher rsaCipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding");
// Read in the encrypted bytes of the session key
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(fileInput));
byte[] encryptedKeyBytes = new byte[dis.readInt()];
dis.readFully(encryptedKeyBytes);
// Decrypt the session key bytes.
rsaCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, privateKey);
byte[] rijndaelKeyBytes = rsaCipher.doFinal(encryptedKeyBytes);
// Transform the key bytes into an actual key.
SecretKey rijndaelKey = new SecretKeySpec(rijndaelKeyBytes, "Rijndael");
// Read in the Initialization Vector from the file.
byte[] iv = new byte[16];
dis.read(iv);
IvParameterSpec spec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("Rijndael/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, rijndaelKey, spec);
CipherInputStream cis = new CipherInputStream(dis, cipher);
System.out.println("Decrypting the file...");
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(fileInput + DECRYPTED_FILENAME_SUFFIX);
// Read through the file, decrypting each byte.
theByte = 0;
while ((theByte = cis.read()) != -1)
{
fos.write(theByte);
}
cis.close();
fos.close();
System.out.println("Done.");
return;
}
/**
* Utility method to encrypt a byte array with a given password.
* Salt will be the first 8 bytes of the byte array returned.
*/
private static byte[] passwordEncrypt(char[] password, byte[] plaintext) throws Exception {
// Create the salt.
byte[] salt = new byte[8];
Random random = new Random();
random.nextBytes(salt);
// Create a PBE key and cipher.
PBEKeySpec keySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password);
SecretKeyFactory keyFactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWithSHAAndTwofish-CBC");
SecretKey key = keyFactory.generateSecret(keySpec);
PBEParameterSpec paramSpec = new PBEParameterSpec(salt, ITERATIONS);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("PBEWithSHAAndTwofish-CBC");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, paramSpec);
// Encrypt the array
byte[] ciphertext = cipher.doFinal(plaintext);
// Write out the salt, then the ciphertext and return it.
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
baos.write(salt);
baos.write(ciphertext);
return baos.toByteArray();
}
/**
* Utility method to decrypt a byte array with a given password.
* Salt will be the first 8 bytes in the array passed in.
*/
private static byte[] passwordDecrypt(char[] password, byte[] ciphertext) throws Exception {
// Read in the salt.
byte[] salt = new byte[8];
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(ciphertext);
bais.read(salt,0,8);
// The remaining bytes are the actual ciphertext.
byte[] remainingCiphertext = new byte[ciphertext.length-8];
bais.read(remainingCiphertext,0,ciphertext.length-8);
// Create a PBE cipher to decrypt the byte array.
PBEKeySpec keySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password);
SecretKeyFactory keyFactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWithSHAAndTwofish-CBC");
SecretKey key = keyFactory.generateSecret(keySpec);
PBEParameterSpec paramSpec = new PBEParameterSpec(salt, ITERATIONS);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("PBEWithSHAAndTwofish-CBC");
// Perform the actual decryption.
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, paramSpec);
return cipher.doFinal(remainingCiphertext);
}
}
EDIT:
You will require to change Java policy of you JVM to Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction for using this code.
All related information regarding change in JAVA Policy can be found HERE

Here is a good example:
http://javadigest.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/rsa-encryption-example/
and there are many more. (Google for "java encrypt RSA example" if this link breaks.)
I can't seem to find an answer that actually works
Try the one linked above. If it doesn't work, please follow up with an edit or comment to say what is going wrong.
I can't imagine that there isn't some simple function to do such a trivial thing. :P
Well sorry, but your imagination must be broken :-)
In fact, it is not a trivial thing. And it is made more difficult by the fact that Java is trying to support a wide range of crypto functionality and crypto technology stacks using a single unified API.