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    Default IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    I am working on a school project and am having a bit of a problem with the two following functions. If I use the ImportArray function it will throw an IllegalBlockSizeException: Input length must be multiple of 8 when decrypting with padded cipher. As far as I could tell that was because the byte arrays I was creating on the import from the input strings after they were split up were not the same as before. Perhaps I am viewing this all wrong. Any chance you could tell me where I have made a mistake here?

    	public void ImportArray() throws Exception
    	{
    		FileReader inputFile = new FileReader("students.txt");
     
    		Scanner scannedFile = new Scanner(inputFile);
    		String buffer = null;
    		String[] splitter;
     
    		while (scannedFile.hasNext())
    		{
    			if(buffer == null)
    			{
    				buffer = scannedFile.next();
    			}
    			else
    			{
    				buffer = buffer + scannedFile.next();
    			}
    		}
    		scannedFile.close();
     
    		splitter = buffer.split(delimiter);
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < splitter.length; i++)
    		{
    			Student ImportedStudent = new Student();
     
    			String stemp1 = splitter[i];
    			byte[] temp1 = stemp1.getBytes();
    			byte[] temp2 = splitter[i+1].getBytes();
    			byte[] temp3 = splitter[i+2].getBytes();
    			byte[] temp4 = splitter[i+3].getBytes();
    			byte[] temp5 = splitter[i+4].getBytes();
     
    			String STemp1 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp1);
    			String STemp2 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp2);
    			String STemp3 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp3);
    			String STemp4 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp4);
    			String STemp5 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp5);
     
    			ImportedStudent.FirstName = STemp1;
    			ImportedStudent.LastName = STemp2;
    			ImportedStudent.CurrentTest = STemp3;
    			ImportedStudent.CurrentGrade = Double.valueOf(STemp4);
    			ImportedStudent.TestCompleted = Boolean.valueOf(STemp5);
     
    			push(ImportedStudent);
    			i = i + 4;
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void ExportArray() throws InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
    	{
    		FileWriter  outputFile = new FileWriter ("students.txt", false);
     
    		String encryptedStudent = "";
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < StudentArray.length; i++)
    		{
    			Student ExportStudent = StudentArray[i];
     
    			if(ExportStudent != null)
    			{
    				byte[] temp1 = EMan.EncodeDataString(ExportStudent.FirstName);	
     
    				byte[] temp2 = EMan.EncodeDataString(ExportStudent.LastName);
     
    				byte[] temp3 = EMan.EncodeDataString(ExportStudent.CurrentTest);
     
    				String STemp1 = String.valueOf(ExportStudent.CurrentGrade);
    				byte[] temp4 = EMan.EncodeDataString(STemp1);
     
    				String STemp2 = String.valueOf(ExportStudent.TestCompleted);
    				byte[] temp5 = EMan.EncodeDataString(STemp2);
     
    				if(i > 0)
    				{
    					encryptedStudent = delimiter + temp1 + delimiter + temp2 + delimiter + temp3 + delimiter + temp4 + delimiter + temp5;
    				}
    				else
    				{
    					encryptedStudent = temp1 + delimiter + temp2 + delimiter + temp3 + delimiter + temp4 + delimiter + temp5;
    				}
     
    				outputFile.write(encryptedStudent);
    			}
    		}
    		outputFile.close();
    	}


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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    I have no idea what you are trying to do, what your problem is or where it is occuring. Any chance you can provide more information?
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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Your code is using a lot of third party classes. There is no way we can help you use them.
    If we were to help, You need to provide us with the import statements you use to compile your program and the API doc for all the third party classes you are using.

    Is your code getting the exception when it executes
    or is your code supposed to throw the exception when it detects the error?

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    The program stores student account information which would include first name, last name, what the name of the current test is, if the student has completed it, and if they have a grade for the test, what it is. After being encrypted, this information is all exported to a file called students.txt via a string with delimiters. The ImportArray Function is for the Instructor Role to be able to load a class list and view the information. It will have to be seperated back up into the byte arrays and decrypted. That is where the problem is.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    I would move that there is something seriously wrong with you code if it is throwing all those exceptions that you have to handle. You should figure out what is throwing the exceptions and fix each one - one at a time.

    Please post complete code and copy and paste the errors from the console so that we may further help you.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    The complete code for this class:
     
    import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
    import java.io.FileReader;
    import java.io.FileWriter;
     
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
    import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
    import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
    import javax.crypto.Cipher;
    import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
    import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
    import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
     
    public class StudentManager 
    {
    	private static TestManager TMan;
    	private static EncryptionManager EMan;
     
    	protected final int DEFCAP = 50; //Maximum of number of Students per class
    	protected Student[] StudentArray;  //Student Array
    	protected int topIndex = -1;      // index of top element in stack
    	private boolean classLoaded;
    	private String delimiter = "-";
     
    	private class Student extends Object
    	{
    		String FirstName = "John";
    		String LastName = "Doe";
     
    		String CurrentTest = "none";
     
    		double CurrentGrade = 0.0;
     
    		boolean TestCompleted = false;
    	}
     
    	public StudentManager(TestManager man) 
    	{
    		TMan = man; //The Test manager
     
    		Student CurrentStudent = null; //For purpose of tracking logged in student performance
     
    		StudentArray = new Student[50]; //Maximum of 50 Students per class
     
    		classLoaded = false;
    	}
     
    	public void initialize() throws Exception
    	{
    		EMan = new EncryptionManager(TMan);
    		EMan.initialize();
     
    		testSystem();
        }
     
    	public void ImportArray() throws Exception
    	{
    		FileReader inputFile = new FileReader("students.txt");
     
    		Scanner scannedFile = new Scanner(inputFile);
    		String buffer = null;
    		String[] splitter;
     
    		while (scannedFile.hasNext())
    		{
    			if(buffer == null)
    			{
    				buffer = scannedFile.next();
    			}
    			else
    			{
    				buffer = buffer + scannedFile.next();
    			}
    		}
    		scannedFile.close();
     
    		splitter = buffer.split(delimiter);
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < splitter.length; i++)
    		{
    			Student ImportedStudent = new Student();
     
    			String stemp1 = splitter[i];
    			byte[] temp1 = stemp1.getBytes();
    			byte[] temp2 = splitter[i+1].getBytes();
    			byte[] temp3 = splitter[i+2].getBytes();
    			byte[] temp4 = splitter[i+3].getBytes();
    			byte[] temp5 = splitter[i+4].getBytes();
     
    			String STemp1 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp1);
    			String STemp2 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp2);
    			String STemp3 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp3);
    			String STemp4 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp4);
    			String STemp5 = EMan.DecodeDataString(temp5);
     
    			ImportedStudent.FirstName = STemp1;
    			ImportedStudent.LastName = STemp2;
    			ImportedStudent.CurrentTest = STemp3;
    			ImportedStudent.CurrentGrade = Double.valueOf(STemp4);
    			ImportedStudent.TestCompleted = Boolean.valueOf(STemp5);
     
    			push(ImportedStudent);
    			i = i + 4;
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void ExportArray() throws InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
    	{
    		FileWriter  outputFile = new FileWriter ("students.txt", false);
     
    		String encryptedStudent = "";
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < StudentArray.length; i++)
    		{
    			Student ExportStudent = StudentArray[i];
     
    			if(ExportStudent != null)
    			{
    				byte[] temp1 = EMan.EncodeDataString(ExportStudent.FirstName);	
     
    				byte[] temp2 = EMan.EncodeDataString(ExportStudent.LastName);
     
    				byte[] temp3 = EMan.EncodeDataString(ExportStudent.CurrentTest);
     
    				String STemp1 = String.valueOf(ExportStudent.CurrentGrade);
    				byte[] temp4 = EMan.EncodeDataString(STemp1);
     
    				String STemp2 = String.valueOf(ExportStudent.TestCompleted);
    				byte[] temp5 = EMan.EncodeDataString(STemp2);
     
    				if(i > 0)
    				{
    					encryptedStudent = delimiter + temp1 + delimiter + temp2 + delimiter + temp3 + delimiter + temp4 + delimiter + temp5;
    				}
    				else
    				{
    					encryptedStudent = temp1 + delimiter + temp2 + delimiter + temp3 + delimiter + temp4 + delimiter + temp5;
    				}
     
    				outputFile.write(encryptedStudent);
    			}
    		}
    		outputFile.close();
    	}
     
    	public void testSystem() throws Exception
    	{
    		Student NewStudent1 = new Student();
    		NewStudent1.FirstName = "Nelson";
    		NewStudent1.LastName = "Jones";
    		NewStudent1.CurrentTest = "Summer2011";
    		NewStudent1.CurrentGrade = 0.0;
    		NewStudent1.TestCompleted = false;
    		push(NewStudent1);
     
    		Student NewStudent2 = new Student();
    		NewStudent2.FirstName = "Ronald";
    		NewStudent2.LastName = "Nelson";
    		NewStudent2.CurrentTest = "Summer2011";
    		NewStudent2.CurrentGrade = 0.0;
    		NewStudent2.TestCompleted = false;
    		push(NewStudent2);
     
    		Student NewStudent3 = new Student();
    		NewStudent3.FirstName = "Jacqueline";
    		NewStudent3.LastName = "Ahner";
    		NewStudent3.CurrentTest = "Summer2011";
    		NewStudent3.CurrentGrade = 0.0;
    		NewStudent3.TestCompleted = false;
    		push(NewStudent3);
     
    		ExportArray();
     
    		ImportArray();
    	}
     
    	public boolean IsInClass()
    	{
    		if(classLoaded == false)
    		{
    			return false;
    		}
    		return false;
    	}
     
    	private class StudentArrayException extends RuntimeException
    	{
    		public StudentArrayException(String message)
    		{
    			super(message);
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void push(Student studentAdd)
    	{
    		if (!isFull())
    		{
    			topIndex++;
    			StudentArray[topIndex] = studentAdd;
    		}
    		else
    			throw new StudentArrayException("Push attempted on a full stack.");
    	}
     
    	public void pop()
    	{ 
    		if (!isEmpty())
    		{
    	    	StudentArray[topIndex] = null;
    	    	topIndex--;
    	    }
    	    else
    	    	throw new StudentArrayException("Pop attempted on an empty stack.");
    	}
     
    	public Object top()
    	{ 
    		Object topOfStack = null;
    		if (!isEmpty())
    			topOfStack = StudentArray[topIndex];
    		else
    			throw new StudentArrayException("Top attempted on an empty stack.");
    		return topOfStack;
    	}
     
    	public boolean isEmpty()
    	{  
    		if (topIndex == -1) 
    			return true;
    		else
    			return false;
    	}
     
    	public boolean isFull()
    	{   
    		if (topIndex == (DEFCAP - 1)) 
    			return true;
    		else
    			return false;
    	}
    }

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    The complete code for the encryption class:
    import javax.crypto.Cipher;
    import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
    import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
    import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
     
    import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
    import java.security.Key;
    import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
    import java.security.SecureRandom;
     
    public class EncryptionManager 
    {
    	private static TestManager TMan;
     
        private static Key key;
        private static Cipher cipher;
     
    	public EncryptionManager(TestManager man) 
    	{
    		TMan = man; //The Test manager
    		key = null;
    		cipher = null;
    	}
     
    	public byte[] EncodeDataString(String importData) throws InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, UnsupportedEncodingException
    	{
    		cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
            byte[] exportData = importData.getBytes("UTF8");
            return cipher.doFinal(exportData);
    	}
     
    	public String DecodeDataString(byte[] importData) throws InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, UnsupportedEncodingException
    	{
    		cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(importData);
            String exportData = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF8");
            return exportData;
    	}
     
    	public void initialize() throws Exception
    	{
    		KeyGenerator generator;
    		generator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("DES");
    		generator.init(new SecureRandom());
    		key = generator.generateKey();
            cipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/PKCS5Padding");
        }
    }

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Please copy and paste here the full text of your error messages.
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    Everything from the Console"

    Exception in thread "main" javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException: Input length must be multiple of 8 when decrypting with padded cipher
    at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherC ore.java:750)
    at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherC ore.java:676)
    at com.sun.crypto.provider.DESCipher.engineDoFinal(DE SCipher.java:314)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(Cipher.java:2086)
    at EncryptionManager.DecodeDataString(EncryptionManag er.java:35)
    at StudentManager.ImportArray(StudentManager.java:94)
    at StudentManager.testSystem(StudentManager.java:178)
    at StudentManager.initialize(StudentManager.java:57)
    at TestManager.InitializeCore(TestManager.java:45)
    at TestManager.main(TestManager.java:31)

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Isn't the exception obvious? Your input must have a length which is a multiple of 8. The input you are passing in is not a multiple of 8. So find out why and rectify that.
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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    IllegalBlockSizeException: Input length must be multiple of 8 when decrypting with padded cipher
    What is the length of the byte array that is passed to the doFinal method()?
    Why isn't it a multiple of 8?

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    I understood that. However, I don't see what it would no longer have a length of 8. It had one before it was exported.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    It's not a multiple of 8 because you only initalized the array of students. It is an empty array. It needs to be filled with data. Your export from the file is not going where it should.

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    Actually it is Spidey because I did it with the testSystem function I threw in there. There are three students added.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    all I can tell you with the length is that if I do a System.err.print for byte[] temp1 in each of the functions, the ExportArray lenght comes up as 8816 and the ImportArray function has 111111. No earthly idea why.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Quote Originally Posted by GeekWarth View Post
    I don't see what it would no longer have a length of 8.
    That is the crux of the problem. You need to debug your code and find out why the length is not a multiple of 8. Place a bunch of print statements throughout your code to find out exactly what data is being used.
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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Junky, I spent most of my day doing that very thing. All I know is that if System.err.print for byte[] temp1 throughout byte[] temp5 in the ExportArray function, they will look exactly the same to the strings splitter[i] through splitter[i+4] in the ImportArray function. As soon as you try to convert those strings over to byte arrays, it all falls apart.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Don't you think that splitter gets different bytes each time???
    Try writing System.err.print under each line where you assigning splitter to byte and find the size of array. I guess if splitter is not getting multiple of 8.

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    OK since I am only making changes at this point to Import and Export Array functions so far, I am only including those. I changed things again, but to greatly simplify and remove the process of delimiting the byte arrays and strings before they were encoded. It is much cleaner this way, and should have actually worked, but I am still having the same problems.

    	public void ImportArray() throws Exception
    	{
    		File file = new File("students.dat");
    		FileInputStream inputFile = new FileInputStream(file);
    		Scanner scannedFile = new Scanner(inputFile);
     
    		int length = (int)file.length();
    		byte[] input = new byte[length];
     
    	    // Read in the bytes
    	    int offset = 0;
    	    int numRead = 0;
    	    while (offset < input.length && (numRead=inputFile.read(input, offset, input.length-offset)) >= 0) 
    	    {
    	        offset += numRead;
    	    }
     
    		System.err.println(input);
    		String bigBuffer = EMan.DecodeDataString(input);
    		String[] splitter;
     
    		splitter = bigBuffer.split(delimiter);
    		System.err.println(bigBuffer);
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < splitter.length; i++)
    		{
    			Student ImportedStudent = new Student();
     
    			System.err.println(splitter[i]);
    			/*
    			ImportedStudent.FirstName = splitter[i];
    			ImportedStudent.LastName = splitter[i+1];
    			ImportedStudent.CurrentTest = splitter[i+2];
    			ImportedStudent.CurrentGrade = Double.valueOf(splitter[i+3]);
    			ImportedStudent.TestCompleted = Boolean.valueOf(splitter[i+4]);
     
    			push(ImportedStudent);
    			*/
     
    			i = i + 4;
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void ExportArray() throws Exception
    	{
    		FileOutputStream  outputFile = new FileOutputStream ("students.datt", false);
     
    		String encryptedStudent = "";
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < StudentArray.length; i++)
    		{
    			Student ExportStudent = StudentArray[i];
     
    			if(ExportStudent != null)
    			{
    				String STemp1 = String.valueOf(ExportStudent.CurrentGrade);
    				String STemp2 = String.valueOf(ExportStudent.TestCompleted);
     
    				if(i > 0)
    				{
    					encryptedStudent = encryptedStudent + delimiter + ExportStudent.FirstName + delimiter + ExportStudent.LastName + delimiter + ExportStudent.CurrentTest + delimiter + STemp1 + delimiter + STemp2;
    				}
    				else
    				{
    					encryptedStudent = ExportStudent.FirstName + delimiter + ExportStudent.LastName + delimiter + ExportStudent.CurrentTest + delimiter + STemp1 + delimiter + STemp2;
    				}
    			}
    		}
    		byte[] output = EMan.EncodeDataString(encryptedStudent);
    		System.err.println(output);
    		outputFile.write(output);
    		outputFile.close();
    	}

    here is the console output:
    [B@31fa7bbf
    [B@1ea40b04
    Exception in thread "main" javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException: Input length must be multiple of 8 when decrypting with padded cipher
    at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherC ore.java:750)
    at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherC ore.java:676)
    at com.sun.crypto.provider.DESCipher.engineDoFinal(DE SCipher.java:314)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(Cipher.java:2086)
    at EncryptionManager.DecodeDataString(EncryptionManag er.java:37)
    at StudentManager.ImportArray(StudentManager.java:82)
    at StudentManager.testSystem(StudentManager.java:166)
    at StudentManager.initialize(StudentManager.java:61)
    at TestManager.InitializeCore(TestManager.java:45)
    at TestManager.main(TestManager.java:31)

    Right now I am just trying to find away to directly create a byte array from the stream that works. Apparently this does not.
    Last edited by GeekWarth; August 17th, 2011 at 03:20 AM.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    trying to find away to directly create a byte array from the stream that works.
    Can you post a small program that does only that to work on to solve that problem without the rest of the code?

    You should change your debug printouts. These don't give any useful information:
    [B@31fa7bbf
    [B@1ea40b04

    Use Arrays toString() to show the contents of the array
    or print the array's length
    Last edited by Norm; August 17th, 2011 at 06:53 AM.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    Umm...actually I beleive the programming gods were seriously screwwing with me last night. Because I woke this morning, cleaned out a few little pieces of unused extra and this works now. Go figure.

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    Default Re: IllegalBlockSizeException Problem

    @GeekWarth: Try to print the value of offset, if it's -1, then in the loop set condition as offset!=-1
    Try this and share here.
    Also, try to write a test program that compose of 5 to 10 lines so that everyone could help you and you could use that in your main program.