Recipe 16.9. Complete Listing of the Crypto.vb Module

Sample code folder: Chapter 16\Cryptography

This recipe contains the full code for the Crypto module described in Recipes 16.1, 16.2 through 16.3:

 Imports System.IO Imports System.Text Imports System.Security.Cryptography Module Crypto    Public Function GetHash(ByVal plainText As String) As String       ' ----- Generate a hash. Return an empty string       '       if there are any problems.       Dim plainBytes As Byte( )       Dim hashEngine As MD5CryptoServiceProvider       Dim hashBytes As Byte( )       Dim hashText As String       Try          ' ----- Convert the plain text to a byte array.          plainBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText)          ' ----- Select one of the hash engines.          hashEngine = New MD5CryptoServiceProvider          ' ----- Get the hash of the plain text bytes.          hashBytes = hashEngine.ComputeHash(plainBytes)          ' ----- Convert the hash bytes to a hexadecimal string.          hashText = Replace(BitConverter.ToString(hashBytes), "-", "")          Return hashText       Catch          Return ""       End Try    End Function    Public Function StringEncrypt(ByVal plainText As String, _          ByVal keyText As String) As String       ' ----- Encrypt some text. Return an empty string       '       if there are any problems.       Try          ' ----- Remove any possible null characters.          Dim workText As String = plainText.Replace(vbNullChar, "")          ' ----- Convert plain text to byte array.          Dim workBytes( ) As Byte = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText)          ' ----- Convert key string to 32-byte key array.          Dim keyBytes( ) As Byte = _             Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(GetHash(keyText))          ' ----- Create initialization vector.          Dim IV( ) As Byte = { _             50, 199, 10, 159, 132, 55, 236, 189, _             51, 243, 244, 91, 17, 136, 39, 230}          ' ----- Create the Rijndael engine.          Dim rijndael As New RijndaelManaged          ' ----- Bytes will flow through a memory stream.          Dim memoryStream As New MemoryStream( )          ' ----- Create the   cryptography transform.          Dim cryptoTransform As ICryptoTransform          cryptoTransform = _             rijndael.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, IV)          ' ----- Bytes will be processed by CryptoStream.          Dim cryptoStream As New CryptoStream( _             memoryStream, cryptoTransform, _             CryptoStreamMode.Write)          ' ----- Move the bytes through the processing stream.          cryptoStream.Write(workBytes, 0, workBytes.Length)          cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock( )          ' ----- Convert binary data to a viewable string.          Dim encrypted As String = _             Convert.ToBase64String(memoryStream.ToArray)          ' ----- Close the streams.          memoryStream.Close( )          cryptoStream.Close( )          ' ----- Return the encrypted string result.          Return encrypted       Catch          Return ""       End Try    End Function    Public Function StringDecrypt(ByVal encrypted As String, _          ByVal keyText As String) As String       ' ----- Decrypt a previously encrypted string. The key       '       must match the one used to encrypt the string.       '       Return an empty string on error.       Try          ' ----- Convert encrypted string to a byte array.          Dim workBytes( ) As Byte = _             Convert.FromBase64String(encrypted)          ' ----- Convert key string to 32-byte key array.          Dim keyBytes( ) As Byte = _             Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(GetHash(keyText))          ' ----- Create initialization vector.          Dim IV( ) As Byte = { _             50, 199, 10, 159, 132, 55, 236, 189, _             51, 243, 244, 91, 17, 136, 39, 230}          ' ----- Decrypted bytes will be stored in          '       a temporary array.          Dim tempBytes(workBytes.Length - 1) As Byte          ' ----- Create the Rijndael engine.          Dim rijndael As New RijndaelManaged          ' ----- Bytes will flow through a memory stream.          Dim memoryStream As New MemoryStream(workBytes)          ' ----- Create the   cryptography transform.          Dim cryptoTransform As ICryptoTransform          cryptoTransform = _             rijndael.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, IV)          ' ----- Bytes will be processed by CryptoStream.          Dim cryptoStream As New CryptoStream( _             memoryStream, cryptoTransform, _             CryptoStreamMode.Read)          ' ----- Move the bytes through the processing stream.          cryptoStream.Read(tempBytes, 0, tempBytes.Length)          ' ----- Close the streams.          memoryStream.Close( )          cryptoStream.Close( )          ' ----- Convert the decrypted bytes to a string.          Dim plainText As String = _             Encoding.UTF8.GetString(tempBytes)          ' ----- Return the decrypted string result.          Return plainText.Replace(vbNullChar, "")       Catch          Return ""       End Try    End Function    Public Sub FileEncrypt(ByVal sourceFile As String, _          ByVal destinationFile As String, _          ByVal keyText As String)       ' ----- Create file streams.       Dim sourceStream As New FileStream( _          sourceFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)       Dim destinationStream As New FileStream( _          destinationFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)       ' ----- Convert key string to 32-byte key array.       Dim keyBytes( ) As Byte = _          Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(GetHash(keyText))       ' ----- Create initialization vector.       Dim IV( ) As Byte = { _          50, 199, 10, 159, 132, 55, 236, 189, _          51, 243, 244, 91, 17, 136, 39, 230}       ' ----- Create a Rijndael engine.       Dim rijndael As New RijndaelManaged       ' ----- Create the   cryptography transform.       Dim cryptoTransform As ICryptoTransform       cryptoTransform = _          rijndael.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, IV)       ' ----- Bytes will be processed by CryptoStream.       Dim cryptoStream As New CryptoStream( _          destinationStream, cryptoTransform, _          CryptoStreamMode.Write)       ' ----- Process bytes from one file into the other.       Const BlockSize As Integer = 4096       Dim buffer(BlockSize) As Byte       Dim bytesRead As Integer       Do          bytesRead = sourceStream.Read(buffer, 0, BlockSize)          If (bytesRead = 0) Then Exit Do          cryptoStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead)       Loop       ' ----- Close the streams.       cryptoStream.Close( )       sourceStream.Close( )       destinationStream.Close( )    End Sub    Public Sub FileDecrypt(ByVal sourceFile As String, _          ByVal destinationFile As String, _          ByVal keyText As String)       ' ----- Create file streams.       Dim sourceStream As New FileStream( _          sourceFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)       Dim destinationStream As New FileStream( _          destinationFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)       ' ----- Convert key string to 32-byte key array.       Dim keyBytes( ) As Byte = _          Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(GetHash(keyText))       ' ----- Create initialization vector.       Dim IV( ) As Byte = { _          50, 199, 10, 159, 132, 55, 236, 189, _          51, 243, 244, 91, 17, 136, 39, 230}       ' ----- Create a Rijndael engine.       Dim rijndael As New RijndaelManaged       ' ----- Create the cryptography transform.       Dim cryptoTransform As ICryptoTransform       cryptoTransform = _          rijndael.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, IV)       ' ----- Bytes will be processed by   CryptoStream.       Dim cryptoStream As New CryptoStream( _          destinationStream, cryptoTransform, _          CryptoStreamMode.Write)       ' ----- Process bytes from one file into the other.       Const BlockSize As Integer = 4096       Dim buffer(BlockSize) As Byte       Dim bytesRead As Integer       Do          bytesRead = sourceStream.Read(buffer, 0, BlockSize)          If (bytesRead = 0) Then Exit Do          cryptoStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead)       Loop       ' ----- Close the streams.       cryptoStream.Close( )       sourceStream.Close( )       destinationStream.Close( )    End Sub End Module