cryptix.provider.cipher

Class RC2

Implemented Interfaces:
Parameterized, SymmetricCipher

public final class RC2
extends Cipher
implements SymmetricCipher

A subclass of Cipher to implement the RC2 (TM) block cipher algorithm in Java.

The source code (C version) from which this port was done, and (most of) the programming notes, are by P. Gutmann (pgut01@cs.auckland.ac.nz) -- as obtained from Usenet.

Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au) implementation, also based on Gutmann's work, and included in Eric's colossal SSL library ver 0.6.6 14 Jan 1997, was also used for the initial key data and the computation of the session key schedule. Code to tailor the session key for a specified length in bits is included in this Java implementation but is crippled (commented out). The current code behaves as if the session key is fixed at 1024-bit.

The RC2 algorithm is word (16-bit entity) oriented, operating on a block of 64 bits (or 8 Java bytes) divided into four words, with a key table of 64 words.

RC2 (TM) was designed by Ron Rivest, and was previously a trade secret of RSA Data Security, Inc. The algorithm has since been published as an RFC [reference?]. The name "RC2" is a trademark of RSA Data Security, Inc.

Copyright © 1997 Systemics Ltd on behalf of the Cryptix Development Team.
All rights reserved.

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:
Raif S. Naffah

Field Summary

static int
BLOCK_SIZE
The block size, in bytes, of this cipher.

Fields inherited from class xjava.security.Cipher

DECRYPT, ENCRYPT, UNINITIALIZED

Fields inherited from class xjava.security.IJCE_Traceable

tracing

Constructor Summary

RC2()
Constructs an RC2 cipher object, in the UNINITIALIZED state.

Method Summary

Object
clone()
Always throws a CloneNotSupportedException (cloning of ciphers is not supported for security reasons).
int
engineBlockSize()
SPI: Returns the length of an input block, in bytes.
void
engineInitDecrypt(Key key)
SPI: Initializes this cipher for decryption, using the specified key.
void
engineInitEncrypt(Key key)
SPI: Initializes this cipher for encryption, using the specified key.
protected int
engineUpdate(byte[] in, int inOffset, int inLen, byte[] out, int outOffset)
SPI: This is the main engine method for updating data.
protected void
finalize()
Cleans up resources used by this instance, if necessary.
static LinkStatus
getLinkStatus()
Gets an object representing the native linking status of this class.

Methods inherited from class xjava.security.Cipher

blockSize, clone, crypt, crypt, crypt, doFinal, doFinal, doFinal, doFinal, engineBlockSize, engineCiphertextBlockSize, engineCrypt, engineGetParameter, engineInBufferSize, engineInitDecrypt, engineInitEncrypt, engineOutBufferSize, enginePlaintextBlockSize, engineSetPaddingScheme, engineSetParameter, engineUpdate, getAlgorithm, getAlgorithms, getAlgorithms, getCiphertextBlockSize, getInputBlockSize, getInstance, getInstance, getInstance, getMode, getOutputBlockSize, getPadding, getPaddingScheme, getParameter, getPlaintextBlockSize, getProvider, getState, inBufferSize, inBufferSizeFinal, initDecrypt, initEncrypt, isPaddingBlockCipher, outBufferSize, outBufferSizeFinal, setParameter, toString, update, update, update, update

Methods inherited from class xjava.security.IJCE_Traceable

disableTracing, enableTracing, traceMethod, traceResult, traceResult, traceVoidMethod

Field Details

BLOCK_SIZE

public static final int BLOCK_SIZE
The block size, in bytes, of this cipher.
Field Value:
8

Constructor Details

RC2

public RC2()
Constructs an RC2 cipher object, in the UNINITIALIZED state. This calls the Cipher constructor with implBuffering false, implPadding false and the provider set to "Cryptix".
See Also:
java.security.Cipher.UNINITIALIZED

Method Details

clone

public final Object clone()
            throws CloneNotSupportedException
Always throws a CloneNotSupportedException (cloning of ciphers is not supported for security reasons).
Overrides:
clone in interface Cipher

engineBlockSize

public int engineBlockSize()
SPI: Returns the length of an input block, in bytes.
Overrides:
engineBlockSize in interface Cipher
Returns:
the length in bytes of an input block for this cipher.

engineInitDecrypt

public void engineInitDecrypt(Key key)
            throws KeyException
SPI: Initializes this cipher for decryption, using the specified key.
Overrides:
engineInitDecrypt in interface Cipher
Parameters:
key - the key to use for decryption.

engineInitEncrypt

public void engineInitEncrypt(Key key)
            throws KeyException
SPI: Initializes this cipher for encryption, using the specified key.
Overrides:
engineInitEncrypt in interface Cipher
Parameters:
key - the key to use for encryption.

engineUpdate

protected int engineUpdate(byte[] in,
                           int inOffset,
                           int inLen,
                           byte[] out,
                           int outOffset)
SPI: This is the main engine method for updating data.

in and out may be the same array, and the input and output regions may overlap.

Overrides:
engineUpdate in interface Cipher
Parameters:
in - the input data.
inOffset - the offset into in specifying where the data starts.
inLen - the length of the subarray.
out - the output array.
outOffset - the offset indicating where to start writing into the out array.
Returns:
the number of bytes written.

finalize

protected final void finalize()
Cleans up resources used by this instance, if necessary.

getLinkStatus

public static LinkStatus getLinkStatus()
Gets an object representing the native linking status of this class.