Package gnu.crypto.mode

Provides a basic API for using block cipher Modes of Operation.

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Description

Interface Summary

IMode

The basic visible methods of any block cipher mode.

Class Summary

BaseMode	A basic abstract class to facilitate implementing block cipher modes of operations.
CBC	The Cipher Block Chaining mode.
CFB	The cipher feedback mode.
CTR	The implementation of the Counter Mode.
ECB	The implementation of the Electronic Codebook mode.
ICM	An implementation of David McGrew Integer Counter Mode (ICM) as an IMode.
ModeFactory	A Factory to instantiate block cipher modes of operations.
OFB	The Output Feedback (OFB) mode is a confidentiality mode that requires a unique IV for every message that is ever encrypted under the given key.

Package gnu.crypto.mode Description

Provides a basic API for using block cipher Modes of Operation.

Package overview

Cipher modes operate on the next level up from the underlying block cipher. They transform the blocks going in and out of the cipher in ways to give them desirable properties in certain circumstances.

The following diagram shows the important classes participating in this package:

The following example encrypts and decrypts a byte array with the AES in CFB mode. See the gnu.crypto.pad package for instances where the input is not a multiple of the cipher or mode's block size.

IMode mode = ModeFactory.getInstance("CFB", "AES", 16);
Map attributes = new HashMap();

// These attributes are defined in gnu.crypto.cipher.IBlockCipher.
attributes.put(IMode.KEY_MATERIAL, key_bytes);
attributes.put(IMode.CIPHER_BLOCK_SIZE, new Integer(16));

// These attributes are defined in IMode.
attributes.put(IMode.STATE, new Integer(IMode.ENCRYPTION));
attributes.put(IMode.IV, iv_bytes);

mode.init(attributes);
int bs = mode.currentBlockSize();

for (int i = 0; i + bs < pt.length; i += bs)
  {
    mode.update(pt, i, ct, i);
  }

mode.reset();
attributes.put(IMode.STATE, new Integer(IMode.DECRYPTION);
mode.init(attributes);

for (int i = 0; i + bs < ct.length; i += bs)
  {
    mode.update(ct, i, cpt, i);
  }