3DES Encryption (Triple-DES, 168-bit, TDEA, TDES)

Demonstrates 168-bit 3DES encryption.

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Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();

bool success;
success = crypt.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    //  Unlock failed.
    MessageBox.Show(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  To get 3DES, set the algorithm = "des", and the
//  key length to 168 bits:
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "des";
crypt.KeyLength = 168;

//  The encrypted output will be a hex-encoded string.
//  It is also possible to use "base64", "url" (for url-encoding), and other modes.
crypt.EncodingMode = "hex";

//  Both ECB and CBC modes are available.
//  Use "ecb" for Electronic Cookbook Mode.
//  "cbc" is for Cipher-Block-Chaining.
crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";

//  Initialization vectors should equal the block-size of the algorithm.
//  for 3DES (and DES) the block-size is 8 bytes.
//  The IV may be set from an encoded string:
crypt.SetEncodedIV("0102030405060708","hex");

//  (it is also possible to set the IV directly from a byte array...)

//  The secret key should have a length equal to the bit-strength of
//  the algorithm.   In this case, we have 168-bit 3DES.  However,
//  with DES (and 3DES) the most significant bit of each key byte is
//  a parity bit, and therefore 168-bits really refers to a 192-bit key
//  where the 24 msb's are parity bits.  Our 3DES key should be 24 bytes in size.
crypt.SetEncodedKey("010203040506070801020304050607080102030405060708","hex");

//  (it is also possible to set the key directly from a byte array, or generate
//  a key from a arbitrary-length string password.)

//  3DES is a block encryption algorithm.  This means that output is always
//  a multiple of the algorithm's block size.  For 3DES, the block size is 8 bytes.
//  Therefore, if your input is not a multiple of 8 bytes, it will be padded.
//  There are several choices for padding (consult the Chilkat Crypt reference).
//  We'll pad with SPACE (0x20) characters:
crypt.PaddingScheme = 4;

//  Note: If trying to match the results produced by two different 3DES implementations,
//  make sure to test with data that is longer than a single block (8 bytes for 3DES).
//  If all params match (IV, secret key, cipher mode, etc.) except for the padding, then
//  the results will be identical except for the last block of output.  If you test data is only
//  a single block, you cannot recognize the situation where all is correct except
//  for a padding mismatch.

string cipherText;
string plainText;

cipherText = crypt.EncryptStringENC("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNLPQRSTUVWXYZ");
textBox1.Text += cipherText + "\r\n";
plainText = crypt.DecryptStringENC(cipherText);
textBox1.Text += plainText + "\r\n";

//  Note: Because we used SPACE character padding, the output string will contain trailing SPACE
//  chars, which can easily be trimmed.

//  (Other padding schemes embed the original input length in the padding so that the Decrypt* methods always
//  return the exact original data).