String XOR Method

Hi baresse,

Try the following method:

  public String xor(String str, String key) {
    String result = null;
    byte[] strBuf = str.getBytes();
    byte[] keyBuf = key.getBytes();
    int c = 0;
    int z = keyBuf.length;
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(strBuf.length);
    for (int i = 0; i < strBuf.length; i++) {
      byte bS = strBuf[i];
      byte bK = keyBuf[c];
      byte bO = (byte)(bS ^ bK);
      if (c < z - 1) {
        c++;
      } else {
        c = 0;
      }
      baos.write(bO);
    }
    try {
      baos.flush();
      result = baos.toString();
      baos.close();
      baos = null;
    } catch (IOException ioex) {
    }
    return result;
  }

The idea is to convert the string and the key to byte arrays, then you XOR each byte of the string with the corresponding byte from the key, when you "run-out" of key-bytes you just start over from the start of the key ;)


Regards and good luck,

Doron