How to encrypt String in Java

Question

What I need is to encrypt string which will show up in 2D barcode(PDF-417) so when someone get an idea to scan it will get nothing readable.

Other requirements:

Answer 1

Like many of the guys have already told, you should use a standard cypher that is overly used like DES or AES.

A simple example of how you can encrypt and decrypt a string in java using AES.

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

public class EncryptorDemo {

    public static String encrypt(String key, String randomVector, String value) {
        try {
            IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(randomVector.getBytes("UTF-8"));
            SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes("UTF-8"), "AES");
            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING");
            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, skeySpec, iv);
            byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(value.getBytes());
            System.out.println("encrypted text: "  + Base64.encodeBase64String(encrypted));
            return Base64.encodeBase64String(encrypted);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static String decrypt(String key, String randomVector, String encrypted) {
        try {
            IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(randomVector.getBytes("UTF-8"));
            SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes("UTF-8"), "AES");
            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING");
            cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skeySpec, iv);
            byte[] originalText = cipher.doFinal(Base64.decodeBase64(encrypted));
            System.out.println("decrypted text: "  + new String(originalText));
            return new String(originalText);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String key = "JavasEncryptDemo"; // 128 bit key
        String randomVector = "RandomJavaVector"; // 16 bytes IV
        decrypt(key, randomVector, encrypt(key, randomVector, "Anything you want to encrypt!"));

    }
}