AES256 encode+decode

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Hi all,

this is the procedure I'm trying to accomplish :

  • RAW_STRING : is a string from input
  • this string is converted into a uchar array (considering the \0)
  • encrypt the uchar array using AES256 method (with a constant and proper-sized key)
  • represent a Hex array from the encrypted data (saved to ENCODED_STRING)

then

  • an ENCODED_STRING is retrieved from input
  • convert this string into a uchar array (Alain's HexToArray() method)
  • decrypt it using AES256 (and exactly same key used above)
  • convert back the decoded uchar array into string (this should give back the RAW_STRING)

but my code fails to regenerate the initial string. strangely enough it regenerates the RAW_string with some gibberish data attached to its end.

const string constant_key = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456"; // 32 letters
uchar key[];
StringToCharArray(constant_key, key, 0, StringLen(constant_key));

string RAW_STR = "initial text from input";

// Encryption :
uchar src[], encrypted[];
StringToCharArray(RAW_STR, src, 0, StringLen(RAW_STR));
ResetLastError();
if(CryptEncode(CRYPT_AES256, src, key, encrypted)==0) { Print("ERROR [code:",_LastError,"]"); return; }
string ENCODED = "";
for(int i=0; i<ArraySize(encrypted); i++) ENCODED += StringFormat("%.2X", encrypted[i]);
Print("ENCODED string :\t", ENCODED);

// Decryption (in another MQL program) :
input string Decrypt_me = ""; // a string from input (which is ENCODED actually)
uchar source[], decrypted[];
ArrayResize(source, StringLen(Decrypt_me)/2);
HexToArray(Decrypt_me, source);
ResetLastError();
if(CryptDecode(CRYPT_AES256, source, key, decrypted)==0) { Print("ERROR [CODE:",_LastError,"]"); return; }
string DECODED = CharArrayToString(decrypted);
Print("DECODED string :\t", DECODED); // this is where sometimes RAW_STR is shown, sometimes not.

// Alain's hex string to uchar array : (modified for no error check)
#define HEXCHAR_TO_DECCHAR(h)  (h<=57 ? (h-48) : (h-55))
void HexToArray(string str, uchar &arr[])
{
    uchar tc[];
    StringToCharArray(str,tc);
    
    int i=0, j=0;
    for(i=0; i<StringLen(str); i+=2)
    {
        uchar tmpchr=(HEXCHAR_TO_DECCHAR(tc[i])<<4)+HEXCHAR_TO_DECCHAR(tc[i+1]);
        arr[j]=tmpchr;
        j++;
    }
}
 
LoL
a few minutes after posting I see the problem.
#define HEXCHAR_TO_DECCHAR(h)  (h<=57 ? (h-48) : (h-55))
void HexToArray(string str, uchar &arr[])
{
    uchar tc[];
    StringToCharArray(str, tc, 0, StringLen(str));
    
    int i=0, j=0;
    for(i=0; i<StringLen(str); i+=2)
    {
        uchar tmpchr=(HEXCHAR_TO_DECCHAR(tc[i])<<4)+HEXCHAR_TO_DECCHAR(tc[i+1]);
        arr[j]=tmpchr;
        j++;
    }
}

Mods, feel free to delete this thread. I found my answer, thanks to me :)
but maybe someone could benefit from it.

To title the process better :
Decrypting a NULL terminated string (retrieved from input), which is actually a Hex representation of an uchar array (encrypted data)

 
Code2219 or 2319 #:
LoL
a few minutes after posting I see the problem.

Mods, feel free to delete this thread. I found my answer, thanks to me :)
but maybe someone could benefit from it.

To title the process better :
Decrypting a NULL terminated string (retrieved from input), which is actually a Hex representation of an uchar array (encrypted data)

Thank you a lot for this implementation, I was looking for something like that. By the way, did you manage to use SHA256 HASH encryption? Just changing the crypt_method does not work with this code.
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