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Duplicate SQL Server ENCRYPTBYPASSPHRASE

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Demonstrates how to duplicate SQL Server's ENCRYPTBYPASSPHRASE.

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#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkCrypt2.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>
#include <C_CkPrng.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    const char *password;
    const char *encryptedHex_v1;
    const char *encryptedHex_v2;
    HCkStringBuilder sbEncHex;
    HCkCrypt2 crypt;
    BOOL v1;
    int ivLen;
    const char *hashAlg;
    const char *ivHex;
    HCkStringBuilder sbPassword;
    const char *pwd_hash;
    HCkStringBuilder sbKey;
    HCkBinData bd;
    const char *plainText;
    HCkCrypt2 encryptor;
    HCkPrng prng;
    int plainTextLen;
    HCkBinData bdData;
    HCkStringBuilder sbEnc;

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

    // For SQL Server 2008 - SQL Server 2016 we must use TripleDES with SHA1
    // For SQL Server 2017 and later, use AES256 / SHA256.

    password = "tEst1234";
    encryptedHex_v1 = "0x010000001E8E7DCDBD4061B951999E25D18445D2305474D2D71EEE98A241C755246F58AB";

    // Here's an encrypted string using AES256/SHA256
    encryptedHex_v2 = "0x02000000FFE880C0354780481E64EF25B6197A02E2A854A4BA9D8D9BDDFDAB27EB56537ABDA0B1D9C4D1050C91B313550DECF429";

    sbEncHex = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbEncHex,encryptedHex_v1);

    // If present, we don't want the leading "0x"
    if (CkStringBuilder_StartsWith(sbEncHex,"0x",FALSE) == TRUE) {
        CkStringBuilder_RemoveCharsAt(sbEncHex,0,2);
    }

    crypt = CkCrypt2_Create();
    CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(crypt,"hex");

    // The encrypted hex string will begin with either 01000000 or 02000000
    // version 1 is produced by SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2016, and we must use TripleDES with SHA1
    // version 2 is for SQL Server 2017 and later, and uses AES256 / SHA256.
    v1 = CkStringBuilder_StartsWith(sbEncHex,"01",FALSE);

    ivLen = 0;

    if (v1 == TRUE) {
        CkCrypt2_putCryptAlgorithm(crypt,"3des");
        CkCrypt2_putCipherMode(crypt,"cbc");
        CkCrypt2_putKeyLength(crypt,168);
        ivLen = 8;
        hashAlg = "sha1";
    }
    else {
        CkCrypt2_putCryptAlgorithm(crypt,"aes");
        CkCrypt2_putCipherMode(crypt,"cbc");
        CkCrypt2_putKeyLength(crypt,256);
        ivLen = 16;
        hashAlg = "sha256";
    }

    // Remove the SQL Server version info (i.e. the "01000000")
    CkStringBuilder_RemoveCharsAt(sbEncHex,0,8);

    // Get the IV part of the sbEncHex, and also remove it from the StringBuilder.
    ivHex = CkStringBuilder_getRange(sbEncHex,0,ivLen * 2,TRUE);
    printf("IV = %s\n",ivHex);
    CkCrypt2_SetEncodedIV(crypt,ivHex,"hex");

    sbPassword = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPassword,password);
    pwd_hash = CkStringBuilder_getHash(sbPassword,hashAlg,"hex","utf-16");
    sbKey = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbKey,pwd_hash);
    if (v1 == TRUE) {
        // For v1, we only want the 1st 16 bytes of the 20 byte hash.
        // (remember, the hex encoding uses 2 chars per byte, so we remove the last 8 chars)
        CkStringBuilder_Shorten(sbKey,8);
    }

    printf("crypt key: %s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbKey));

    CkCrypt2_SetEncodedKey(crypt,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbKey),"hex");

    // Decrypt
    bd = CkBinData_Create();
    CkBinData_AppendEncoded(bd,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbEncHex),"hex");
    CkCrypt2_DecryptBd(crypt,bd);

    // The result is composed of a header of 8 bytes which we can discard.
    // The remainder is the decrypted text.

    // The header we are discarding is composed of:
    // Bytes 0-3: Magic number equal to 0DF0ADBA
    // Bytes 4-5: Number of integrity bytes, which is 0 unless an authenticator is used. We're assuming no authenticator is used.
    // Bytes 6-7: Number of plain-text bytes. We really don't need this because the CBC padding takes care of it.

    // Therefore, just return the data after the 1st 8 bytes.
    // Assuming the encrypted string was utf-8 text...
    CkBinData_RemoveChunk(bd,0,8);
    plainText = CkBinData_getString(bd,"utf-8");
    printf("decrypted plain text: %s\n",plainText);

    // The output:

    // IV = 1E8E7DCDBD4061B9
    // crypt key: 710B9C2E61ACCC9570D4112203BD9738
    // decrypted plain text: Hello world.

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // To encrypt, do the reverse...

    // Let's do v1 with TripleDES with SHA1

    encryptor = CkCrypt2_Create();
    CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(encryptor,"hex");

    CkCrypt2_putCryptAlgorithm(encryptor,"3des");
    CkCrypt2_putCipherMode(encryptor,"cbc");
    CkCrypt2_putKeyLength(encryptor,168);

    // Generate a random 8-byte IV
    prng = CkPrng_Create();
    ivHex = CkPrng_genRandom(prng,8,"hex");
    CkCrypt2_SetEncodedIV(encryptor,ivHex,"hex");

    // The binary password is generated the same as above.
    // We'll use the same password (and same binary password)
    CkCrypt2_SetEncodedKey(encryptor,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbKey),"hex");

    plainTextLen = 8;
    plainText = "ABCD1234";

    // Encrypt the header + the plain-text.
    bdData = CkBinData_Create();
    CkBinData_AppendEncoded(bdData,"0DF0ADBA","hex");
    CkBinData_AppendEncoded(bdData,"0000","hex");
    CkBinData_AppendInt2(bdData,plainTextLen,TRUE);
    printf("header: %s\n",CkBinData_getEncoded(bdData,"hex"));
    CkBinData_AppendString(bdData,plainText,"utf-8");
    CkCrypt2_EncryptBd(encryptor,bdData);

    // Compose the result..
    sbEnc = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbEnc,"0x01000000");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbEnc,ivHex);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbEnc,CkBinData_getEncoded(bdData,"hex"));

    printf("result: %s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbEnc));


    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbEncHex);
    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPassword);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbKey);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
    CkCrypt2_Dispose(encryptor);
    CkPrng_Dispose(prng);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bdData);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbEnc);

    }