Are the AES Crypt' C and Java versions incompatible?

[iuricardoso]

Hi,

My English is poor, so I apologize if this question was written with grammatical errors.

I'm trying to use the AES Crypt library in two applications, one coded in C and the other in Java, but the resulting encrypted message is different in both even using the same password coded in the UTF-16 charset. The Java application uses the AES Crypt version 1; the other one coded in C uses version 1.1.

The byte array of password is given below. It's the same for both applications:
[0] 109
[1] 0
[2] 101
[3] 0
[4] 100
[5] 0
[6] 101
[7] 0
[8] 105
[9] 0
[10] 114
[11] 0
[12] 111
[13] 0
[14] 115
[15] 0
[16] 50
[17] 0
[18] 54
[19] 0
[20] 57
[21] 0
[22] 55
[23] 0

The message that is being encrypted is the string "oi" (it means "Hi" in Portuguese). The byte array generated in Java is this one:
[0] 65
[1] 69
[2] 83
[3] 1
[4] 0
[5] -66
[6] 7
[7] 6
[8] 4
[9] -7
[10] 61
[11] -45
[12] 50
[13] 37
[14] 99
[15] 91
[16] -57
[17] 61
[18] -56
[19] 93
[20] 59
[21] -104
[22] 45
[23] -62
[24] -58
[25] -55
[26] 85
[27] 15
[28] -67
[29] 64
[30] 127
[31] 16
[32] 29
[33] -48
[34] 93
[35] -25
[36] -3
[37] -60
[38] -89
[39] 60
[40] 31
[41] -94
[42] 36
[43] 30
[44] 103
[45] 72
[46] 89
[47] -48
[48] 64
[49] -102
[50] 37
[51] -81
[52] 5
[53] 119
[54] 92
[55] -102
[56] -18
[57] -51
[58] -30
[59] 46
[60] -73
[61] 98
[62] -78
[63] -19
[64] 112
[65] -36
[66] 68
[67] -63
[68] -120
[69] -119
[70] -34
[71] -25
[72] 27
[73] -50
[74] -39
[75] -107
[76] 96
[77] -4
[78] 45
[79] 70
[80] -30
[81] 41
[82] 112
[83] -126
[84] -9
[85] 38
[86] 28
[87] 40
[88] 13
[89] 124
[90] -85
[91] 49
[92] 61
[93] 94
[94] -107
[95] -14
[96] -115
[97] -64
[98] -17
[99] -72
[100] -8
[101] -57
[102] 91
[103] -41
[104] 80
[105] 74
[106] -87
[107] -80
[108] -1
[109] 113
[110] 46
[111] -69
[112] -4
[113] -14
[114] -123
[115] -91
[116] -68
[117] 2
[118] 125
[119] -10
[120] -18
[121] -81
[122] 98
[123] 106
[124] 20
[125] 28
[126] -128
[127] -50
[128] 76
[129] -84
[130] -58
[131] 74
[132] 9
[133] 97
[134] -98
[135] -11
[136] -13
[137] 81
[138] -71
[139] 64
[140] 93
[141] -17
[142] -41
[143] 62
[144] 61
[145] -79
[146] 73
[147] -7
[148] -66
[149] 90

and the other one, generated in C, is this:
[0]: 65
[1]: 69
[2]: 83
[3]: 0
[4]: 2
[5]: 19
[6]: 82
[7]: 46
[8]: 125
[9]: 70
[10]: -43
[11]: -120
[12]: -18
[13]: 63
[14]: -87
[15]: 6
[16]: 106
[17]: -37
[18]: 74
[19]: -53
[20]: -14
[21]: 3
[22]: -104
[23]: 68
[24]: -32
[25]: -119
[26]: -58
[27]: -98
[28]: -86
[29]: 117
[30]: -47
[31]: 109
[32]: -89
[33]: -46
[34]: -127
[35]: 46
[36]: 124
[37]: -63
[38]: 57
[39]: -52
[40]: -98
[41]: 66
[42]: 8
[43]: 73
[44]: 30
[45]: -71
[46]: -109
[47]: -122
[48]: -34
[49]: 25
[50]: -95
[51]: -49
[52]: 18
[53]: -72
[54]: 76
[55]: 56
[56]: -93
[57]: -98
[58]: 44
[59]: 102
[60]: 7
[61]: 76
[62]: 62
[63]: -33
[64]: -6
[65]: -97
[66]: 97
[67]: 60
[68]: 86

Why generated bytes are different?
How to solve this problem?

[paulej]

It appears the Java code generates a version 1 file and the C code generates a version 2 file. However, the main reason for so much difference is that near the start of the file are some plaintext tag/value pairs and an encrypted session key and salt value. Thus, even the same file encrypted twice never looks the same --- even if you use the same C code.

[iuricardoso]

Thank you so much for the speedy reply.

So, are the versions different? I am currently using the libraries available on this site: https://www.aescrypt.com/download/

I need two libraries that generate outputs in the same version, one coded in Java and the other coded in C. Could you help me, indicating these two libraries?

[paulej]

You can definitely decrypt anything using the C version. The Java version should be compatible, but maybe it can't read the output from the C code due to being a version behind.

I'd have to test. But, you can easily test. Encrypt a file on Java and C and try to decrypt using the other tool.