(.NET Core C#) Example for both AES-128 and ChaCha20 to Encrypt Binary Data

Demonstrates the use of the new EncryptBd and DecryptBd methods introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.67 to encrypt/decrypt binary bytes.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

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

// Load a small JPG file to be encrypted/decrypted.
Chilkat.BinData jpgBytes = new Chilkat.BinData();
bool success = jpgBytes.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load JPG file.");
    return;
}

// Show the unencrypted JPG bytes in Base64 format.
// (The "base64_mime" encoding was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.67.
// The "base64" encoding emits a single line of base64, whereas
// "base64_mime" will emit multi-line base64 as it would appear
// in MIME.)
Debug.WriteLine(jpgBytes.GetEncoded("base64_mime"));

// Sample base64_mime JPG data:

// 	/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABIAAD/7Q18UGhvdG9zaG9wIDMuMAA4QklNA+0AAAAAABAASAAAAAEA
// 	AQBIAAAAAQABOEJJTQPzAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAE4QklNBAoAAAAAAAEAADhCSU0nEAAAAAAACgAB
// 	AAAAAAAAAAI4QklNA/UAAAAAAEgAL2ZmAAEAbGZmAAYAAAAAAAEAL2ZmAAEAoZmaAAYAAAAAAAEA
// 	MgAAAAEAWgAAAAYAAAAAAAEANQAAAAEALQAAAAYAAAAAAAE4QklNBBQAAAAAAAQAAAABOEJJTQQM
// 	...

Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();

// Specify the encryption to be used.
// First we'll do AES-128 CBC
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
crypt.KeyLength = 128;

string ivHex = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F";
crypt.SetEncodedIV(ivHex,"hex");

string keyHex = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F";
crypt.SetEncodedKey(keyHex,"hex");

// Do the in-place 128-bit AES CBC encryption.
// The contents of jpgBytes are replaced with the encrypted bytes.
success = crypt.EncryptBd(jpgBytes);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Examine the JPG bytes again.  The bytes should be different because they are encrypted:
Debug.WriteLine(jpgBytes.GetEncoded("base64_mime"));

// Sample base64_mime encrypted JPG data:

// 	sbz0babt1WCkQf5xKMdg/baZAcUBO5GVUUDF2BjVqmd+HrqKN+t6hAcqakL/bdo0q9hYmow0Tp1e
// 	AQ9V9DOiifQUZqWVkR+kL/c45bq8JGFDvgNl0djPt+yYhV789IB/fPH0upx+/ad++WNOlv1IxGMr
// 	Y1x1oERU/IsiEzafUJdI4kZ6FQo2IPGMF/Rm1h79I7hP1yYUFxvJyz+PzaySAUH1nLsNHyDVY5VY
// 	O90aH3steRSYbz8C8UF9wQ3qqEIXQNnnixvoNDnmHyY39VoVBI5F6rnPwYDfAk2t8tmuryFqvwAu
// 	...

// Decrypt to restore back to the original:
success = crypt.DecryptBd(jpgBytes);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(jpgBytes.GetEncoded("base64_mime"));

// 	/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABIAAD/7Q18UGhvdG9zaG9wIDMuMAA4QklNA+0AAAAAABAASAAAAAEA
// 	AQBIAAAAAQABOEJJTQPzAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAE4QklNBAoAAAAAAAEAADhCSU0nEAAAAAAACgAB
// 	AAAAAAAAAAI4QklNA/UAAAAAAEgAL2ZmAAEAbGZmAAYAAAAAAAEAL2ZmAAEAoZmaAAYAAAAAAAEA
// 	MgAAAAEAWgAAAAYAAAAAAAEANQAAAAEALQAAAAYAAAAAAAE4QklNBBQAAAAAAAQAAAABOEJJTQQM
// 	...

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To do chacha20 encryption, just change the settings:

crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "chacha20";
crypt.KeyLength = 256;
// The initial count is the initial block counter for the chacha20 algorithm.
// It can be any integer, but must be set to the same when decrypting.
crypt.InitialCount = 22;

success = crypt.EncryptBd(jpgBytes);
// jpgBytes now contains chacha20 encrypted bytes.

success = crypt.DecryptBd(jpgBytes);
// jpgBytes is now restored back to the original unencrypted by bytes.

// Save the bytes to a file..
success = jpgBytes.WriteFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg");

Debug.WriteLine("Success.");