Monday 15 March 2010

C#: MD5 Encryption and Decryption


I have attached a good static class for aiding the encryption and decryption of values against a specified security key. You can also add the option to hash.


[MD5Crypt.cs]
// <copyright file="MD5Crypt.cs" company="Banty">
// Copyright (c) 2010 All Right Reserved
// </copyright>
// <author>Sean Greasley</author>
// <email>s34nvideos@gmail.com</email>
// <date>15-03-2010</date>
// <summary>Enables encryption of strings using the MD5 algorithm.</summary>
 
namespace Banty.Security
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Reflection;
    using System.Security.Cryptography;
    using System.Text;
    using Banty.Exceptions;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Enables encryption of strings using the MD5 algorithm.
    /// </summary>
    public class MD5Crypt
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Encrypts a string using a specified security key with
        /// the option to hash.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="toEncrypt">String to encrypt</param>
        /// <param name="securityKey">The key to apply to the encryption</param>
        /// <param name="useHashing">Weather hashing is used</param>
        /// <returns>The encrpyted string</returns>
        public static string Encrypt(string toEncrypt, string securityKey, bool useHashing)
        {
            string retVal = string.Empty;
 
            try
            {
                byte[] keyArray;
                byte[] toEncryptArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(toEncrypt);
 
                // Validate inputs
                ValidateInput(toEncrypt);
                ValidateInput(securityKey);
 
                // If hashing use get hashcode regards to your key
                if (useHashing)
                {
                    MD5CryptoServiceProvider hashmd5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
                    keyArray = hashmd5.ComputeHash(UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(securityKey));
 
                    // Always release the resources and flush data
                    // of the Cryptographic service provide. Best Practice
                    hashmd5.Clear();
                }
                else
                {
                    keyArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(securityKey);
                }
 
                TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
 
                // Set the secret key for the tripleDES algorithm
                tdes.Key = keyArray;
 
                // Mode of operation. there are other 4 modes.
                // We choose ECB (Electronic code Book)
                tdes.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
 
                // Padding mode (if any extra byte added)
                tdes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
 
                ICryptoTransform cTransform = tdes.CreateEncryptor();
 
                // Transform the specified region of bytes array to resultArray
                byte[] resultArray =
                  cTransform.TransformFinalBlock(toEncryptArray, 0,
                  toEncryptArray.Length);
 
                // Release resources held by TripleDes Encryptor
                tdes.Clear();
 
                // Return the encrypted data into unreadable string format
                retVal = Convert.ToBase64String(resultArray, 0, resultArray.Length);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new EncryptionException(EncryptionException.Code.EncryptionFailure, ex, MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod());
            }
 
            return retVal;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Decrypts a specified key against the original security
        /// key, with the option to hash.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cipherString">String to decrypt</param>
        /// <param name="securityKey">The original security key</param>
        /// <param name="useHashing">Weather hashing is enabled</param>
        /// <returns>The decrypted key</returns>
        public static string Decrypt(string cipherString, string securityKey, bool useHashing)
        {
            string retVal = string.Empty;
 
            try
            {
                byte[] keyArray;
                byte[] toEncryptArray = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherString);
 
                // Validate inputs
                ValidateInput(cipherString);
                ValidateInput(securityKey);
 
                if (useHashing)
                {
                    // If hashing was used get the hash code with regards to your key
                    MD5CryptoServiceProvider hashmd5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
                    keyArray = hashmd5.ComputeHash(UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(securityKey));
 
                    // Release any resource held by the MD5CryptoServiceProvider
                    hashmd5.Clear();
                }
                else
                {
                    // If hashing was not implemented get the byte code of the key
                    keyArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(securityKey);
                }
 
                TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
 
                // Set the secret key for the tripleDES algorithm
                tdes.Key = keyArray;
 
                // Mode of operation. there are other 4 modes. 
                // We choose ECB(Electronic code Book)
                tdes.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
 
                // Padding mode(if any extra byte added)
                tdes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
 
                ICryptoTransform cTransform = tdes.CreateDecryptor();
                byte[] resultArray = cTransform.TransformFinalBlock(
                                     toEncryptArray, 0, toEncryptArray.Length);
 
                // Release resources held by TripleDes Encryptor
                tdes.Clear();
 
                // Return the Clear decrypted TEXT
                retVal = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(resultArray);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new EncryptionException(EncryptionException.Code.DecryptionFailure, ex, MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod());
            }
 
            return retVal;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Validates an input value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputValue">Specified input value</param>
        /// <returns>True | Falue - Value is valid</returns>
        private static bool ValidateInput(string inputValue)
        {
            bool valid = string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputValue);
 
            if (!valid)
            {
                throw new EncryptionException(EncryptionException.Code.InvalidInputValues, MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod());
            }
 
            return valid;
        }
    }
}




[EncryptionException.cs]
// <copyright file="EncryptionException.cs" company="Banty">
// Copyright (c) 2010 All Right Reserved
// </copyright>
// <author>Sean Greasley</author>
// <email>s34nvideos@gmail.com</email>
// <date>15-03-2010</date>
// <summary>Manages all MD5 cryptography exceptions.</summary>
 
namespace Banty.Exceptions
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Reflection;
    using System.Text;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Manages all MD5 cryptography exceptions.
    /// </summary>
    public class EncryptionException : ApplicationException
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Code. This defines the types of exceptions that can be thrown.
        /// </summary>
        public enum Code { UnidentifiedException, EncryptionFailure, DecryptionFailure, InvalidInputValues }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Stores the method information for where the exceptino was thrown.
        /// </summary>
        private MethodBase currentMethod = null;
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Exception with provided error code.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="code"></param>
        public EncryptionException(Code code)
            : base(pi_GetErrorMessage(code))
        {
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Exception with provided code and inner exception.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="code">Error code</param>
        /// <param name="InnerException">The containing exception</param>
        public EncryptionException(Code code, Exception InnerException)
            : base(pi_GetErrorMessage(code), InnerException)
        {
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Exception with provided method
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="code">Error code</param>
        /// <param name="CurrentMethod">The method where the exception was thrown.</param>
        public EncryptionException(Code code, MethodBase CurrentMethod)
            : base(pi_GetErrorMessage(code))
        {
            this.currentMethod = CurrentMethod;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Exception with provided code, method and inner exception.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="code">Error code</param>
        /// <param name="InnerException">The containing exception</param>
        /// <param name="CurrentMethod">The method where the exception was thrown.</param>
        public EncryptionException(Code code, Exception InnerException, MethodBase CurrentMethod)
            : base(pi_GetErrorMessage(code), InnerException)
        {
            this.currentMethod = CurrentMethod;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the error message from the specified error code.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="code">Error code</param>
        /// <returns>Mapped error message.</returns>
        public static string pi_GetErrorMessage(Code code)
        {
            switch (code)
            {
                case Code.EncryptionFailure:
                    return "Unable to encrypt string against specified security key.";
                case Code.DecryptionFailure:
                    return "Unable to decrypt string against specified security key.";
                case Code.InvalidInputValues:
                    return "Input string or security key for MD5 cryptography is invalid.";
                default:
                case Code.UnidentifiedException:
                    return "An unidentified error has occurred.";
            }
        }
    }
}

1 comment:

mixarstudio said...

how can i get security key and boolean use hashing