Unicode C++

Decrypt 256-bit AES GCM Produced by Something Unknown

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Demonstrates how to decrypt something produced elsewhere (unknown) with 256-bit AES GCM. Unicode C++

#include <CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // We have the following to decrypt:

    // Key (Base64): 
    const wchar_t *keyBase64 = L"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";

    // IV (Base64Url):
    const wchar_t *ivBase64Url = L"xrvaINMLqotAbWRK";

    // ciphertext (base64url):
    const wchar_t *cipherBase64Url = L"RtGNAS-zQOxSB8W0HfqJjCoyt9KgImW_l-HjVC40hOOl-RNfRF3hzDIT1kvFVF8i_KX9XmqAftb6lyq-jLCEc_MSgqt3q1ixv3Ez4SbS3G5e3qGzLwxIMi2sCt00aDNwK2ipsJ4aw8s7ePPnl4oY-y1st9rwCWR0rrgEZwS9jmS4uJWGPn9K3jbKRnMslznDbtFLNJctMVXBTP-cv47JelxLCBOQSlK29rMuEFrhHR_VQrPq6gtZaBVSXZSYT0XOklp7nu9mVhrMCRtBCC5oiu5MPE5JYx4ANo3hUY7_NyQl2bpn9GfRXrdvqRGE-gy2upj-cDkm0t_tV8xmYge9DBQTH3B_4BGl2qTk_o-m7pEmKkS8XSdQhGcuFlykqrkE8SzB5I8esfzWOM0pwxbz0H_VaylKYHY=";

    CkCrypt2W crypt;

    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm(L"aes");
    crypt.put_CipherMode(L"gcm");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(256);

    success = crypt.SetEncodedAad(L"random",L"ascii");
    crypt.SetEncodedKey(keyBase64,L"base64");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV(ivBase64Url,L"base64url");

    // The cipher text contains the 16-byte auth tag at the end.
    // get it separately..
    CkBinDataW bdEncrypted;
    CkBinDataW bdAuthTag;
    success = bdEncrypted.AppendEncoded(cipherBase64Url,L"base64url");

    int numBytes = bdEncrypted.get_NumBytes();
    const wchar_t *authTagHex = bdEncrypted.getEncodedChunk(numBytes - 16,16,L"hex");

    wprintf(L"Auth tag in hex: %s\n",authTagHex);

    success = bdAuthTag.AppendEncoded(authTagHex,L"hex");
    bdEncrypted.RemoveChunk(numBytes - 16,16);

    // Use this special value to tell Chilkat to ignore the auth tag.
    success = crypt.SetEncodedAuthTag(L"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF",L"hex");

    // Decrypt
    crypt.put_EncodingMode(L"base64");
    const wchar_t *originalText = crypt.decryptStringENC(bdEncrypted.getEncoded(L"base64"));
    if (crypt.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",crypt.lastErrorText());
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",originalText);
        wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }

    // Decrypted text
    }