RC2 Encryption and Decryption

RC2 encryption. The Chilkat encryption component supports RC2 encryption in both ECB (Electronic Cookbook) and CBC (Cipher-Block Chaining) modes. The key size may range from 8 bits to 1024 bits.

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#include <CkCrypt2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    bool success;
    success = crypt.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("Crypt component unlock failed\n");
        return;
    }

    //  Set the encryption algorithm = "rc2"
    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("rc2");

    //  CipherMode may be "ecb" or "cbc"
    crypt.put_CipherMode("cbc");

    //  KeyLength may range from 8 bits to 1024 bits
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);

    //  RC2 also has an effective key length property
    //  which can also range from 8 bits to 1024 bits:
    crypt.put_Rc2EffectiveKeyLength(128);

    //  The padding scheme determines the contents of the bytes
    //  that are added to pad the result to a multiple of the
    //  encryption algorithm's block size.  RC2 has a block
    //  size of 8 bytes, so encrypted output is always
    //  a multiple of 8.
    crypt.put_PaddingScheme(0);

    //  EncodingMode specifies the encoding of the output for
    //  encryption, and the input for decryption.
    //  It may be "hex", "url", "base64", or "quoted-printable".
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex");

    //  An initialization vector is required if using CBC mode.
    //  ECB mode does not use an IV.
    //  The length of the IV is equal to the algorithm's block size.
    //  It is NOT equal to the length of the key.
    const char * ivHex;
    ivHex = "0001020304050607";
    crypt.SetEncodedIV(ivHex,"hex");

    //  The secret key must equal the size of the key.
    //  For 128-bit encryption, the binary secret key is 16 bytes.
    const char * keyHex;
    keyHex = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F";
    crypt.SetEncodedKey(keyHex,"hex");

    //  Encrypt a string...
    //  The input string is 44 ANSI characters (i.e. 44 bytes), so
    //  the output should be 48 bytes (a multiple of 8).
    //  Because the output is a hex string, it should
    //  be 96 characters long (2 chars per byte).
    const char * encStr;
    encStr = crypt.encryptStringENC("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.");
    printf("%s\n",encStr);

    //  Now decrypt:
    const char * decStr;
    decStr = crypt.decryptStringENC(encStr);
    printf("%s\n",decStr);
    }