XML Security Library

LibXML2
LibXSLT
OpenSSL

Decrypting an encrypted document

The typical decryption process includes following steps:

Example 2. Decrypting a document.

int 
decrypt_file(const char* enc_file, const char* key_file) {
    xmlDocPtr doc = NULL;
    xmlNodePtr node = NULL;
    xmlSecEncCtxPtr encCtx = NULL;
    int res = -1;
    
    assert(enc_file);
    assert(key_file);

    /* load template */
    doc = xmlParseFile(enc_file);
    if ((doc == NULL) || (xmlDocGetRootElement(doc) == NULL)){
	fprintf(stderr, "Error: unable to parse file \"%s\"\n", enc_file);
	goto done;	
    }
    
    /* find start node */
    node = xmlSecFindNode(xmlDocGetRootElement(doc), xmlSecNodeEncryptedData, xmlSecEncNs);
    if(node == NULL) {
	fprintf(stderr, "Error: start node not found in \"%s\"\n", enc_file);
	goto done;	
    }

    /* create encryption context, we don't need keys manager in this example */
    encCtx = xmlSecEncCtxCreate(NULL);
    if(encCtx == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: failed to create encryption context\n");
	goto done;
    }

    /* load DES key */
    encCtx->encKey = xmlSecKeyReadBinaryFile(xmlSecKeyDataDesId, key_file);
    if(encCtx->encKey == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: failed to load des key from binary file \"%s\"\n", key_file);
	goto done;
    }

    /* set key name to the file name, this is just an example! */
    if(xmlSecKeySetName(encCtx->encKey, key_file) < 0) {
    	fprintf(stderr,"Error: failed to set key name for key from \"%s\"\n", key_file);
	goto done;
    }

    /* decrypt the data */
    if((xmlSecEncCtxDecrypt(encCtx, node) < 0) || (encCtx->result == NULL)) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: decryption failed\n");
	goto done;
    }
        
    /* print decrypted data to stdout */
    if(encCtx->resultReplaced != 0) {
	fprintf(stdout, "Decrypted XML data:\n");
	xmlDocDump(stdout, doc);
    } else {
	fprintf(stdout, "Decrypted binary data (%d bytes):\n", xmlSecBufferGetSize(encCtx->result));
	if(xmlSecBufferGetData(encCtx->result) != NULL) {
	    fwrite(xmlSecBufferGetData(encCtx->result), 
	          1, 
	          xmlSecBufferGetSize(encCtx->result),
	          stdout);
	}
    }
    fprintf(stdout, "\n");
        
    /* success */
    res = 0;

done:    
    /* cleanup */
    if(encCtx != NULL) {
	xmlSecEncCtxDestroy(encCtx);
    }
    
    if(doc != NULL) {
	xmlFreeDoc(doc); 
    }
    return(res);
}
		

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