NoSuchProviderException when encrypting string with 3DES

Question

I am new to Java. I followed this tutorial about Encryption and Decryption using 3DES algorithm.

I have implemented like this:

1. Created a class and placed the 3DES code provided in the above link.

2. Called the encrypt method in the above link as below:

   String encryptedPassword = Encrypter.encrypt(edtText.getText().toString()); 
   

I am getting the exception in logcat as below:

 05-02 15:19:10.804: W/System.err(4445): java.security.NoSuchProviderException: Provider not available: SunJCE
    05-02 15:19:10.820: W/System.err(4445):     at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:209)
    05-02 15:19:10.820: W/System.err(4445):     at com.example.utilities.Encrypter.encrypt(Encrypter.java:46)
    05-02 15:19:10.820: W/System.err(4445):     at com.example.screens.RegisterScreen.onClick(RegisterScreen.java:152)
    05-02 15:19:10.820: W/System.err(4445):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2485)
    05-02 15:19:10.820: W/System.err(4445):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9080)
    05-02 15:19:10.828: W/System.err(4445):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
    05-02 15:19:10.828: W/System.err(4445):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
    05-02 15:19:10.828: W/System.err(4445):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
    05-02 15:19:10.828: W/System.err(4445):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)
    05-02 15:19:10.835: W/System.err(4445):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    05-02 15:19:10.835: W/System.err(4445):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
    05-02 15:19:10.835: W/System.err(4445):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867)
    05-02 15:19:10.835: W/System.err(4445):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:625)
    05-02 15:19:10.835: W/System.err(4445):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Please help me. How to solve this....

Answer 1

Use this code to encrypt your string

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

    import android.util.Base64;
    //string encryption
    public class EncryptionHelper {



        // Encrypts string and encode in Base64
        public static String encryptText(String plainText) throws Exception {
            // ---- Use specified 3DES key and IV from other source --------------
            byte[] plaintext = plainText.getBytes();//input
            byte[] tdesKeyData = Constants.getKey().getBytes();// your encryption key

            byte[] myIV = Constants.getInitializationVector().getBytes();// initialization vector

            Cipher c3des = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
            SecretKeySpec myKey = new SecretKeySpec(tdesKeyData, "DESede");
            IvParameterSpec ivspec = new IvParameterSpec(myIV);

            c3des.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, myKey, ivspec);
            byte[] cipherText = c3des.doFinal(plaintext);
            String encryptedString = Base64.encodeToString(cipherText,
                    Base64.DEFAULT);
            // return Base64Coder.encodeString(new String(cipherText));
            return encryptedString;
        }

    private class Constants 
{
private static final String KEY="QsdPasd45FaSdnLjf";
    private static final String INITIALIZATION_VECTOR="l9yhTaWY";
public static String getKey() 
    {
        return KEY;
    }


    public static String getInitializationVector() 
    {
        return INITIALIZATION_VECTOR;
    }
 }   
    }

This is how you can encrypt the string

String encryptedPassword = EncryptionHelper.encryptText(edtText.getText().toString());

Answer 2

Sorry, I was being lazy. The line

Cipher ecipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding","SunJCE");

shows that you are specifying a particular provider. Normally you would want a very good reason for doing this, for example you might be required to use a FIPS-compliant provider. The SunJCE provider does not exist on Android. Just use the default provider, which you get simply by leaving out that argument. So try:

Cipher ecipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding");

Similarly, change

Cipher dcipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding","SunJCE");

to

Cipher dcipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding");