(MFC) RSA Encryption -- Same Key Different Results

The RSA encryption algorithm produces different results for each call, even when encrypting the same data with the same key. Decryption however, will produce the correct results. This example demonstrates.

*** The reason this occurs is that RSA encryption uses PKCS1 v1.5 padding, and this padding scheme uses random bytes. It is random bytes in the padding that causes the result to be different each time.

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#include <CkRsa.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkRsa rsa;

    // RSA public key in XML format:
    const char *publicKey = "<RSAPublicKey><Modulus>xxyv1RDPU0MvfFIIa98HppXdcuI7zSu8uIqyGAy/VoxPvxZFX0acajznvjVRHipHbpcO6ryo2LwXUPf89qOqLb3Qd1lfD2ZnH+TQ6MZXNxfFRxTpTUd+tTR4EBYpd2t6kzq8ZRJYLdlviaMQQqUEwR54k7Op5HJYVKUcHIkP1xE=</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent></RSAPublicKey>";

    const char *privateKey = "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>xxyv1RDPU0MvfFIIa98HppXdcuI7zSu8uIqyGAy/VoxPvxZFX0acajznvjVRHipHbpcO6ryo2LwXUPf89qOqLb3Qd1lfD2ZnH+TQ6MZXNxfFRxTpTUd+tTR4EBYpd2t6kzq8ZRJYLdlviaMQQqUEwR54k7Op5HJYVKUcHIkP1xE=</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent><P>4cpW9fvG99Jsz8/AO7PDHTl+pPRAglksrR2kClLV2g9DEeFe/bvmCxLUgMCJ+0eGQ1zA6aA7McKr13zTQ7jKpQ==</P><Q>4cCS/kFlq/P1ExF37Fkh4pCodOEGutepLEG7Q/KljT3ZGlAY+2l8fGu4f+hrkUuGoFl7NOMaJflULoPIgQaq/Q==</Q><DP>lkjcSsvzqh3YKRXJiLNkyf3rypV8noYGU4+oEOsDxilkZfFRDafUPUiiQrRk4ui/d/SzvozU+ZDuWfaOk8PatQ==</DP><DQ>SYCD25i7W8Mwdibn3uIecEAdOQDTSh5RjIFSUYs9b8FFYJXXrHPp/jCsf6jS7RmkGa1Iui1/JAIL8KEjtS7QmQ==</DQ><InverseQ>EDAJa3TpNdPQ3GIdBpnTgFTQY5A60DcszsUW/iCYoXQdPVJ9BLBxVTe9jiLzGuNuzLkVBwQlCy0Bf84hACRV9A==</InverseQ><D>cMFdDYKkddlRNczaugOmOH8b1egpx2liSPs6GYZ2gFObAXJiPK8m+r6c2ckls7hrlUP0DZhi4cG6Tn7xANb0Ek17P7QquVhQYOmFy/YHzm+IJbcwwq7pJHhZBhtcjyXqfUZ+BADGE//GQbrSVwVltpOj5KcxG88NAprLn2MMxfE=</D></RSAKeyValue>";

    bool success = rsa.ImportPublicKey(publicKey);

    // Encrypt a string and return the encrypted data base64-encoded:
    rsa.put_EncodingMode("base64");

    const char *plainText = "RSA gives different results with each call, weird but OK";

    bool usePrivateKey = false;
    const char *encryptedStr1 = rsa.encryptStringENC(plainText,usePrivateKey);
    strOut.append(encryptedStr1);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Do it again. The results are different...
    const char *encryptedStr2 = rsa.encryptStringENC(plainText,usePrivateKey);
    strOut.append(encryptedStr2);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Now decrypt both strings, and the results are correct
    // in both cases:
    CkRsa rsa2;
    success = rsa2.ImportPrivateKey(privateKey);
    rsa2.put_EncodingMode("base64");
    usePrivateKey = true;

    const char *decryptedStr1 = rsa2.decryptStringENC(encryptedStr1,usePrivateKey);
    strOut.append(decryptedStr1);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    const char *decryptedStr2 = rsa2.decryptStringENC(encryptedStr2,usePrivateKey);
    strOut.append(decryptedStr2);
    strOut.append("\r\n");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }