Encryption and Decryption by Segment with an AES Symmetric Key (GCM Mode)

For details about the algorithm specifications, see AES.

Encryption

  1. Use cryptoFramework.createSymKeyGenerator and SymKeyGenerator.generateSymKey to generate a 128-bit AES symmetric key (SymKey).

    In addition to the example in this topic, AES and Randomly Generating a Symmetric Key may help you better understand how to generate an AES symmetric key. Note that the input parameters in the reference documents may be different from those in the example below.

  2. Use cryptoFramework.createCipher with the string parameter 'AES128|GCM|PKCS7' to create a Cipher instance. The key type is AES128, block cipher mode is GCM, and the padding mode is PKCS7.

  3. Use Cipher.init to initialize the Cipher instance. In the Cipher.init API, set opMode to CryptoMode.ENCRYPT_MODE (encryption), key to SymKey (the key for encryption), and params to GcmParamsSpec corresponding to the GCM mode.

  4. Set the size of the data to be passed in each time to 20 bytes, and call Cipher.update multiple times to pass in the data (plaintext) to be encrypted.

    • Currently, the data to be passed in by a single update() is not size bound. You can determine how to pass in data based on the data volume.

    • You are advised to check the result of each update(). If the result is not null, obtain the data and combine the data segments into complete ciphertext. The update() result may vary with the key specifications.

      If a block cipher mode (ECB or CBC) is used, data is encrypted and output based on the block size. That is, if the data of an update() operation matches the block size, the ciphertext is output. Otherwise, null is output, and the plaintext will be combined with the input data of the next update() to form a block. When doFinal() is called, the unencrypted data is padded to the block size based on the specified padding mode, and then encrypted. The update() API works in the same way in decryption.

      If a stream cipher mode (CTR or OFB) is used, the ciphertext length is usually the same as the plaintext length.

  5. Use Cipher.doFinal to obtain the encrypted data.

    • If data has been passed in by update(), pass in null in the data parameter of Cipher.doFinal.
    • The output of doFinal may be null. To avoid exceptions, always check whether the result is null before accessing specific data.
  6. Obtain GcmParamsSpec.authTag as the authentication information for decryption.

    In GCM mode, extract the last 16 bytes from the encrypted data as the authentication information for initializing the Cipher instance in decryption. In the example, authTag is of 16 bytes.

Decryption

  1. Use Cipher.init to initialize the Cipher instance. In the Cipher.init API, set opMode to CryptoMode.DECRYPT_MODE (decryption), key to SymKey (the key for decryption), and params to GcmParamsSpec corresponding to the GCM mode.

  2. Set the size of the data to be passed in each time to 20 bytes, and call Cipher.update multiple times to pass in the data (ciphertext) to be decrypted.

  3. Use Cipher.doFinal to obtain the decrypted data.

  • Example (using asynchronous APIs):

    import cryptoFramework from '@ohos.security.cryptoFramework';
    import buffer from '@ohos.buffer';
    function genGcmParamsSpec() {
      let arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 12 bytes
      let dataIv = new Uint8Array(arr);
      let ivBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: dataIv };
      arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 8 bytes
      let dataAad = new Uint8Array(arr);
      let aadBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: dataAad };
      arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 16 bytes
      let dataTag = new Uint8Array(arr);
      let tagBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = {
        data: dataTag
      }; // The GCM authTag is obtained by doFinal() in encryption and passed in params of init() in decryption.
      let gcmParamsSpec: cryptoFramework.GcmParamsSpec = {
        iv: ivBlob,
        aad: aadBlob,
        authTag: tagBlob,
        algName: "GcmParamsSpec"
      };
      return gcmParamsSpec;
    }
    let gcmParams = genGcmParamsSpec();
    // Encrypt the message by segment.
    async function encryptMessageUpdateBySegment(symKey: cryptoFramework.SymKey, plainText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob) {
      let cipher = cryptoFramework.createCipher('AES128|GCM|PKCS7');
      await cipher.init(cryptoFramework.CryptoMode.ENCRYPT_MODE, symKey, gcmParams);
      let updateLength = 20; // Set the data length to be passed in each time to 20 bytes. You can set this parameter as required.
      let cipherText = new Uint8Array();
      for (let i = 0; i < plainText.data.length; i += updateLength) {
        let updateMessage = plainText.data.subarray(i, i + updateLength);
        let updateMessageBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: updateMessage };
        // Call update() multiple times to pass in data by segment.
        let updateOutput = await cipher.update(updateMessageBlob);
        // Combine the result of each update() to obtain the ciphertext. In certain cases, the doFinal() result also needs to be combined, which depends on the cipher block mode
        // and padding mode you use. In this example, the GCM mode is used, and the doFinal() result contains authTag but not ciphertext. Therefore, there is no need to combine the doFinal() result.
        let mergeText = new Uint8Array(cipherText.length + updateOutput.data.length);
        mergeText.set(cipherText);
        mergeText.set(updateOutput.data, cipherText.length);
        cipherText = mergeText;
      }
      gcmParams.authTag = await cipher.doFinal(null);
      let cipherBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: cipherText };
      return cipherBlob;
    }
    // Decrypt the message by segment.
    async function decryptMessagePromise(symKey: cryptoFramework.SymKey, cipherText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob) {
      let decoder = cryptoFramework.createCipher('AES128|GCM|PKCS7');
      await decoder.init(cryptoFramework.CryptoMode.DECRYPT_MODE, symKey, gcmParams);
      let updateLength = 20; // Set the data chunk to be passed in each time to 20 bytes. You can set this parameter as required.
      let decryptText = new Uint8Array();
      for (let i = 0; i < cipherText.data.length; i += updateLength) {
        let updateMessage = cipherText.data.subarray(i, i + updateLength);
        let updateMessageBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: updateMessage };
        // Call update() multiple times to pass in data by segment.
        let updateOutput = await decoder.update(updateMessageBlob);
        // Combine the update() results to obtain the plaintext.
        let mergeText = new Uint8Array(decryptText.length + updateOutput.data.length);
        mergeText.set(decryptText);
        mergeText.set(updateOutput.data, decryptText.length);
        decryptText = mergeText;
      }
      let decryptData = await decoder.doFinal(null);
      if (decryptData == null) {
        console.info('GCM decrypt success, decryptData is null');
      }
      let decryptBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: decryptText };
      return decryptBlob;
    }
    async function genSymKeyByData(symKeyData: Uint8Array) {
      let symKeyBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: symKeyData };
      let aesGenerator = cryptoFramework.createSymKeyGenerator('AES128');
      let symKey = await aesGenerator.convertKey(symKeyBlob);
      console.info('convertKey success');
      return symKey;
    }
    async function aes() {
      let keyData = new Uint8Array([83, 217, 231, 76, 28, 113, 23, 219, 250, 71, 209, 210, 205, 97, 32, 159]);
      let symKey = await genSymKeyByData(keyData);
      let message = "aaaaa.....bbbbb.....ccccc.....ddddd.....eee"; // The message is of 43 bytes. After decoded in UTF-8 format, the message is also of 43 bytes.
      let plainText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: new Uint8Array(buffer.from(message, 'utf-8').buffer) };
      let encryptText = await encryptMessageUpdateBySegment(symKey, plainText);
      let decryptText = await decryptMessagePromise(symKey, encryptText);
      if (plainText.data.toString() === decryptText.data.toString()) {
        console.info('decrypt ok');
        console.info('decrypt plainText: ' + buffer.from(decryptText.data).toString('utf-8'));
      } else {
        console.error('decrypt failed');
      }
    }