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AES-192-ECB encrypted in node.js crypto and decrypt in java

I give up in trying to research for solutions regarding my problem. I've done my part and search about this problem and encountered solutions (like this https://stackoverflow.com/a/21252990/5328303) which was really the same problem as mine but he is using aes-128-ecb.
I cannot get the solution to work for aes-192-ecb mode.
Here's the node.js part (take note I cannot change this part of the code since this is a third party provider and I'm very limited.)
console.log(encrypt("hello world"))
function encrypt(data) {
const aesKey = '4327601417486622'
const algorithm = 'aes-192-ecb'
const cipher = crypto.createCipher(algorithm, aesKey)
const crypted = cipher.update(data, 'utf-8', "hex") + cipher.final("hex")
return crypted
}
// expected: 066c47b162cd5c464ea9805742c1af9b
And here's my Java function:
public static String decrypt(String seed, String encrypted) throws Exception {
byte[] keyb = seed.getBytes("UTF-8");
MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
byte[] thedigest = md.digest(keyb);
SecretKeySpec skey = new SecretKeySpec(thedigest, "AES");
Cipher dcipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding");
dcipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skey);
byte[] clearbyte = dcipher.doFinal(toByte(encrypted));
return new String(clearbyte);
}
The java code above works well if I use aes-128-ecb on my node code but it cannot decode when I'm using aes-192-ecb or even aes-256-ecb.
Maybe I just don't quite understand openssl EVP_BytesToKey function since I read that crypto.createCipher() uses it when encrypting. It also said that it is hashing the key with MD5 which I'm currently doing with the java code.
Also I was thinking that the aesKey that I have is only 16 bytes and maybe that's why it won't work with AES-192 and only works with AES-128. I want to understand how openssl/crypto does it when I'm only passing a 16 byte key with the required 24 bytes key for AES-192 since I cannot change the node.js code.
Am I on the right track? Can anyone guide me?
Thank you!

How to replicate Java encryption in PHP?

Some background of what I'm trying to accomplish.
Part 1.
PHP server communicates with a Java-based device. PHP uses OpenSSL to generate a public/private keypair, then sends the public key to the device which in turn gives back an encrypted macKey (generated using the public key), encoded in base64. PHP now needs to base64-decode and decrypt the macKey using the private key.
What is the equivalent of the below Java code snippet in PHP?
String base64EncodedMacKey = "LkvTT9LFj5lcxRRB8KrwwN906fSIDDcJvQK3E7a5PbR+Ox9WnslOs32jSCC9FkE8ouvr2MfWwtppuZmoPjaxwg3yAQI4UN3T1loISuF2VwKWfJ45fywbK9bNnD5Cw7336mjoGctv77Tg3JXPrsRwgMGIlBsNwdt1B0wgT4MMMAjl32TnBI3iwQ94VTMHffrK+QToddTahRHHoVsr3FVrETdiqKXdkiX1jES53im5lrXYIsY89UFkGzPo+3u4ijKIQWSLvYnA5wXI128gFHKxKYS82MbJDUn9i1RVFsGaP6T3nQRSX5SZNpSe5yGFWwMgYOx0KXMgET82FeaL2hfWuw==";
byte[] base64DecodedMacKey = DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(base64EncodedMacKey);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, keypair.getPrivate());
byte[] macKey = cipher.doFinal(base64DecodedMacKey);
Here's what I attempted in PHP, however I'm confused about using byte array versus string when decrypting the macKey
$macKey = 'LkvTT9LFj5lcxRRB8KrwwN906fSIDDcJvQK3E7a5PbR+Ox9WnslOs32jSCC9FkE8ouvr2MfWwtppuZmoPjaxwg3yAQI4UN3T1loISuF2VwKWfJ45fywbK9bNnD5Cw7336mjoGctv77Tg3JXPrsRwgMGIlBsNwdt1B0wgT4MMMAjl32TnBI3iwQ94VTMHffrK+QToddTahRHHoVsr3FVrETdiqKXdkiX1jES53im5lrXYIsY89UFkGzPo+3u4ijKIQWSLvYnA5wXI128gFHKxKYS82MbJDUn9i1RVFsGaP6T3nQRSX5SZNpSe5yGFWwMgYOx0KXMgET82FeaL2hfWuw==';
$base64DecodedMacKey = base64_decode($macKey);
openssl_private_decrypt($base64DecodedMacKey, $decrypted, $privateKey);
The $decrypted above holds some binary data as it appears, so I'm unsure whether I need to convert it into a byte array or treat it as a string...
Part 2.
Each request has a counter. The macKey in Java code above is used to create a MAC value out of the counter.
What is the equivalent of the below Java code snippet in PHP?
int counter = 0;
String nextCounter = String.valueOf(++counter);
SecretKeySpec signingKey = new SecretKeySpec(macKey, "AES");
Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA256");
mac.init(signingKey);
byte[] counterMac = mac.doFinal(nextCounter.getBytes("UTF-8"));
String base64EncodedMac = DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(counterMac);
The base64EncodedMac above is finally sent to the device to validate communication.
I've tried googling different solutions, however I've not been successful in generating a valid base64EncodedMac string in PHP for the device to approve it.

Found the solution myself. For Part 1, I chose to use phpseclib to generate the public/private keys and to specify the encryption algorithm. Decrypting macKey:
$rsa = new Crypt_RSA();
$keys = $rsa->createKey(2048);
// [...]
$macKey = base64_decode($base64EncodedMacKey);
$rsa->setEncryptionMode(CRYPT_RSA_ENCRYPTION_PKCS1);
$rsa->loadKey($keys['privatekey']);
$decryptedMac = $rsa->decrypt($macKey);
Followed by Part 2:
$counter = 0;
$hmac = hash_hmac('sha256', ++$counter, $decryptedMac, true);
$counterMac = base64_encode($hmac);
The main confusing part was that in Java, HMAC was done out of byte array, while in PHP the hash_hmac function expects a String as its 2nd parameter, so using unpack() was not sufficient. However, it seems to have worked with passing the $counter directly. It was also important to use the 4th parameter as TRUE to return raw data.

CryptoJS AES and Java AES encrypted value mismatch

I am trying to encrypt in client and decrypt in sever using AES,
so using cryptojs to encrypt in client side with CBC mode and nopadding
in server side also using Cipher class with same mode and nopadding
function call()
{
var key = CryptoJS.enc.Hex.parse('roshanmathew1989');
var iv = CryptoJS.enc.Hex.parse('roshanmathew1989');
var encrypted = CryptoJS.AES.encrypt("roshanmathew1989",key,{ iv: iv},
{padding:CryptoJS.pad.NoPadding});
alert(encrypted.ciphertext.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Base64));
alert(encrypted.iv.toString());
}
Server side code
public class Crypto
{
private static byte[] key = null;
public void setKey(String key){this.key=key.getBytes();}
public String encrypt(String strToEncrypt)
{
String encryptedString =null;
try
{
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/NoPadding");
final SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(key,"AES");
System.out.println("sdfsdf = "+key.toString());
IvParameterSpec ips = new IvParameterSpec(key);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey,ips);
encryptedString = Base64.encodeBase64String(cipher.doFinal(strToEncrypt.getBytes()));
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(" ERROR : "+e.getMessage());
}
return encryptedString;
} other method omitted ....
implementation
Crypto cry=new Crypto();
cry.setKey("roshanmathew1989");
String s=cry.encrypt("roshanmathew1989");
Results
Browser side value = O64X/bKNBu7R2Tuq2lUbXeFlQ7wD2YnFasyyhsVUryw=
Server side value of s = RrNcVIER/75fzdjHr884sw==
Can anybody point out the mistake?

There are a few things wrong with the code:
you are using hexadecimal decoding of the key in JavaScript, and String.getBytes() - character encoding without specifying the character set - in Java
your key is 16 characters (it should be 16, 24 or 32 randomized bytes), but it is not in hexadecimals
you are encrypting instead of decrypting on the "server side", although that one is probably on purpose
Take another good look on how to perform encoding and character-encoding, they are essential for good crypto and often performed incorrectly (it's probably the most common issue on Stackoverflow regarding encryption)

Encrypt content with php and java

I have an app with java and PHP files. The java files send content to the PHP files, and this one send the response to the java file, by HTTP everything. I have the response with JSON format.
I would like to encrypt the information and decode it in the other side, java->php and php->java(this is the most important) but I don't know how to do it.
Edit:
I am trying BLOWFISH, here is my code in PHP(crypt the data and send to Java) and Java(get the data and decode it)
PHP
$key = "this is the key";
$crypttext = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_BLOWFISH, $key, $result_json, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
echo($crypttext);
JAVA
public String decryptBlowfish(String to_decrypt, String strkey) {
System.out.println(to_decrypt);
try {
SecretKeySpec key = new SecretKeySpec(strkey.getBytes(), "Blowfish");
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("Blowfish");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
byte[] decrypted = cipher.doFinal(to_decrypt.getBytes());
return new String(decrypted);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
;
return null;
}
}
System.out.println(decryptBlowfish(result, "this is the key"));
The result when I execute is:
Input length must be multiple of 8 when encrypting with padded cipher
or sometimes
Given final block not properly padded

Agreed with the comment that's what SSL is for see here for a client java application that uses SSL Certificate and encryption to connect to an HTTPS/SSL site: http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-https-client-httpsurlconnection-example/ next you might want to have an HTTPS/SSL php server this should help: http://cweiske.de/tagebuch/ssl-client-certificates.htm Or use this Opensource library: http://nanoweb.si.kz/
If the above fails then I don't know, but a last resort would be writing your own, you may never know how secure it really is?

You might want to use the same algorithm for decoding/decrypting namely "blowfish/ecb/nopadding" instead of "blowfish".
private static final String DECRYPTION_ALGORITHM = "blowfish/ecb/nopadding";
private static final String KEY_ALGORITHM = "blowfish";
private static byte[] decrypt(byte[] keyData, byte[] valueData) throws Exception {
SecretKeySpec keySpec = new SecretKeySpec(keyData, KEY_ALGORITHM);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(DECRYPTION_ALGORITHM);
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, keySpec);
return cipher.doFinal(valueData);
}

If you don't want SSL, which I recommend too, you can try this:
$str = 'hello world'; //your input data
$pass = 'haj83kdj843j'; //something random, the longer the better
$l = strlen($pass);
for ($i=0; $i<strlen($str); $i++)
{
$str[$i] = chr(ord($str[$i]) + ord($pass[$i % $l]));
}
It is fast and easy to write a coder/encoder in any language you want. The resulting string is a binary string so you might want to convert it using base64_encode or something. Should give quite good security.

Encryption in Java & Flex

I want tp encrypt and decrypt string, with defined salt. But the result must be same if the code run in java and adobe flex.
The main goal is: the app in adobe flex will be generate a string that can be decrypt in server using java.
I use this flex library
http://crypto.hurlant.com/demo/
Try to 'Secret Key' Tab. I want to use AES Encryption, 'CBC' or 'PKCS5'.
var k:String = "1234567890123456";
var kdata:ByteArray = Hex.toArray(k);
var txt:String = "hello";
var data:ByteArray = Hex.toArray(Hex.fromString(txt));;
var name:String = "simple-aes-cbc";
var pad:IPad =new PKCS5();
var mode:ICipher = Crypto.getCipher(name, kdata, pad);
pad.setBlockSize(mode.getBlockSize());
mode.encrypt(data);
encrypted.text=Hex.fromArray(data);
trace(Hex.fromArray(data));
And here is the code in java
String plaintext = "hello";
String key = "1234567890123456";
SecretKey keyspec = new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes(), "AES");
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE,keyspec);
byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes());
BASE64Encoder base64 = new BASE64Encoder();
String encodedString = base64.encode(encrypted);
System.out.println(encodedString);
Why the result is not same?
Can you guys provide the sample with the same result both of java and flex (encrypt and decrypt)? And if I want to change the paramater, for example, from cbc to ebc, which line that need to be changed?
Thanks!

"Simple" encryption mode (simple-aes-cbc) uses random initialization vector which is different each time you use it even if your secret key is the same.
If you wish to guarantee the same results when using the same key you should use "aes-cbc". Additionally you have to manually set the IV on the Cipher:
var ivmode:IVMode = mode as IVMode;
ivmode.IV = "some string guaranteed to be constant"
The IV can be made dependent on something like userId, which makes encryption repeatable for the same user.
You should consider how this affects your security scheme.

Seems like I do not convert into hex first in java when pass the key. And so on when get result byteArray at adobe flex, I do not cast again in java.
That's what I got when I see Arcadio code. Thanks.