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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 <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <CkBinDataW.h>
#include <CkPrngW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // 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.

    const wchar_t *password = L"tEst1234";
    const wchar_t *encryptedHex_v1 = L"0x010000001E8E7DCDBD4061B951999E25D18445D2305474D2D71EEE98A241C755246F58AB";

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

    CkStringBuilderW sbEncHex;
    sbEncHex.Append(encryptedHex_v1);

    // If present, we don't want the leading "0x"
    if (sbEncHex.StartsWith(L"0x",false) == true) {
        sbEncHex.RemoveCharsAt(0,2);
    }

    CkCrypt2W crypt;
    crypt.put_EncodingMode(L"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.
    bool v1 = sbEncHex.StartsWith(L"01",false);

    int ivLen = 0;
    const wchar_t *hashAlg = 0;

    if (v1 == true) {
        crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm(L"3des");
        crypt.put_CipherMode(L"cbc");
        crypt.put_KeyLength(168);
        ivLen = 8;
        hashAlg = L"sha1";
    }
    else {
        crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm(L"aes");
        crypt.put_CipherMode(L"cbc");
        crypt.put_KeyLength(256);
        ivLen = 16;
        hashAlg = L"sha256";
    }

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

    // Get the IV part of the sbEncHex, and also remove it from the StringBuilder.
    const wchar_t *ivHex = sbEncHex.getRange(0,ivLen * 2,true);
    wprintf(L"IV = %s\n",ivHex);
    crypt.SetEncodedIV(ivHex,L"hex");

    CkStringBuilderW sbPassword;
    sbPassword.Append(password);
    const wchar_t *pwd_hash = sbPassword.getHash(hashAlg,L"hex",L"utf-16");
    CkStringBuilderW sbKey;
    sbKey.Append(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)
        sbKey.Shorten(8);
    }

    wprintf(L"crypt key: %s\n",sbKey.getAsString());

    crypt.SetEncodedKey(sbKey.getAsString(),L"hex");

    // Decrypt
    CkBinDataW bd;
    bd.AppendEncoded(sbEncHex.getAsString(),L"hex");
    crypt.DecryptBd(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...
    bd.RemoveChunk(0,8);
    const wchar_t *plainText = bd.getString(L"utf-8");
    wprintf(L"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

    CkCrypt2W encryptor;
    encryptor.put_EncodingMode(L"hex");

    encryptor.put_CryptAlgorithm(L"3des");
    encryptor.put_CipherMode(L"cbc");
    encryptor.put_KeyLength(168);

    // Generate a random 8-byte IV
    CkPrngW prng;
    ivHex = prng.genRandom(8,L"hex");
    encryptor.SetEncodedIV(ivHex,L"hex");

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

    int plainTextLen = 8;
    plainText = L"ABCD1234";

    // Encrypt the header + the plain-text.
    CkBinDataW bdData;
    bdData.AppendEncoded(L"0DF0ADBA",L"hex");
    bdData.AppendEncoded(L"0000",L"hex");
    bdData.AppendInt2(plainTextLen,true);
    wprintf(L"header: %s\n",bdData.getEncoded(L"hex"));
    bdData.AppendString(plainText,L"utf-8");
    encryptor.EncryptBd(bdData);

    // Compose the result..
    CkStringBuilderW sbEnc;
    sbEnc.Append(L"0x01000000");
    sbEnc.Append(ivHex);
    sbEnc.Append(bdData.getEncoded(L"hex"));

    wprintf(L"result: %s\n",sbEnc.getAsString());
    }