PHP Encryption & VB.net Decryption

Question

I'm trying to do a simple task. Encypt a value in PHP and Decrypt it in my VB.net app. I figure I'd use tripleDES or Rijdael 128 or 256

I though this should be simple. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you

Answer 1

I also looked long and hard for solutions to this problem. Here is a complete set of code for both php and vb.net that will do what you are looking for. Should be pretty easy to translate to C# as well.

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# BEGIN PHP CODE
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<?php

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// I blantantly stole, tweaked and happily used this code from: 
// Lord of Ports http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_1736399.html


$ky = 'lkirwf897+22#bbtrm8814z5qq=498j5'; // 32 * 8 = 256 bit key
$iv = '741952hheeyy66#cs!9hjv887mxx7@8y'; // 32 * 8 = 256 bit iv

$text = "Here is my data to encrypt!!!";

$from_vb = "QBlgcQ2+v3wd8RLjhtu07ZBd8aQWjPMfTc/73TPzlyA=";   // enter value from vb.net app here to test

$etext = encryptRJ256($ky, $iv, $text);
$dtext = decryptRJ256($ky, $iv, $etext);
$vtext = decryptRJ256($ky, $iv, $from_vb);

echo "<HR>orignal string: $text";
echo "<HR>encrypted in php: $etext";
echo "<HR>decrypted in php: $dtext";
echo "<HR>encrypted in vb: $from_vb";
echo "<HR>from vb decrypted in php: $vtext"; 
echo "<HR>If you like it say thanks! richard dot varno at gmail dot com";


exit;



function decryptRJ256($key,$iv,$string_to_decrypt)
{

    $string_to_decrypt = base64_decode($string_to_decrypt);

    $rtn = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $string_to_decrypt, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);

    $rtn = rtrim($rtn, "\0\4");

    return($rtn);

}


function encryptRJ256($key,$iv,$string_to_encrypt)
{

    $rtn = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $string_to_encrypt, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);

    $rtn = base64_encode($rtn);

    return($rtn);

}    

?>

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# END PHP CODE
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# BEGIN VB.NET CODE (console app)
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Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.IO

Module Module1

    ' I blantantly stole, tweaked and happily used this code from: 
    ' Lord of Ports http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_1736399.html

    Sub Main()

        'Shared 256 bit Key and IV here
        Dim sKy As String = "lkirwf897+22#bbtrm8814z5qq=498j5"  '32 chr shared ascii string (32 * 8 = 256 bit)
        Dim sIV As String = "741952hheeyy66#cs!9hjv887mxx7@8y"  '32 chr shared ascii string (32 * 8 = 256 bit)

        Dim sTextVal As String = "Here is my data to encrypt!!!"

        Dim eText As String
        Dim dText As String

        eText = EncryptRJ256(sKy, sIV, sTextVal)
        dText = DecryptRJ256(sKy, sIV, eText)

        Console.WriteLine("key: " & sKy)
        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine(" iv: " & sIV)
        Console.WriteLine("txt: " & sTextVal)
        Console.WriteLine("encrypted: " & eText)
        Console.WriteLine("decrypted: " & dText)
        Console.WriteLine("If you like it say thanks! richard dot varno at gmail dot com")
        Console.WriteLine("press any key to exit")
        Console.ReadKey(True)

    End Sub

    Public Function DecryptRJ256(ByVal prm_key As String, ByVal prm_iv As String, ByVal prm_text_to_decrypt As String)

        Dim sEncryptedString As String = prm_text_to_decrypt

        Dim myRijndael As New RijndaelManaged
        myRijndael.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros
        myRijndael.Mode = CipherMode.CBC
        myRijndael.KeySize = 256
        myRijndael.BlockSize = 256

        Dim key() As Byte
        Dim IV() As Byte

        key = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(prm_key)
        IV = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(prm_iv)

        Dim decryptor As ICryptoTransform = myRijndael.CreateDecryptor(key, IV)

        Dim sEncrypted As Byte() = Convert.FromBase64String(sEncryptedString)

        Dim fromEncrypt() As Byte = New Byte(sEncrypted.Length) {}

        Dim msDecrypt As New MemoryStream(sEncrypted)
        Dim csDecrypt As New CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read)

        csDecrypt.Read(fromEncrypt, 0, fromEncrypt.Length)

        Return (System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(fromEncrypt))

    End Function


    Public Function EncryptRJ256(ByVal prm_key As String, ByVal prm_iv As String, ByVal prm_text_to_encrypt As String)

        Dim sToEncrypt As String = prm_text_to_encrypt

        Dim myRijndael As New RijndaelManaged
        myRijndael.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros
        myRijndael.Mode = CipherMode.CBC
        myRijndael.KeySize = 256
        myRijndael.BlockSize = 256

        Dim encrypted() As Byte
        Dim toEncrypt() As Byte
        Dim key() As Byte
        Dim IV() As Byte

        key = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(prm_key)
        IV = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(prm_iv)

        Dim encryptor As ICryptoTransform = myRijndael.CreateEncryptor(key, IV)

        Dim msEncrypt As New MemoryStream()
        Dim csEncrypt As New CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)

        toEncrypt = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(sToEncrypt)

        csEncrypt.Write(toEncrypt, 0, toEncrypt.Length)
        csEncrypt.FlushFinalBlock()

        encrypted = msEncrypt.ToArray()

        Return (Convert.ToBase64String(encrypted))

    End Function

End Module

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# END VB.NET CODE
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