README.md

RSA Encryption

Implementation of the RSA encryption algorithm using big-integer algebra algorithms

About

This program implements RSA key encryption and decryption. There is a file called src/resources/primes.rsc that contains a list of large prime numbers. These primes are used to generate private and public keys. When the program starts, you can either load in an already generated key pair, or you can create new ones. The new keys will be in a folder called output in the project directory. Inside there is a file heiarchy that will represent a when a key was generated through the use of a timestamped folder. Inside said folders, there are public and private keys in XML format. When a key is generated, it is important to note that only one key can be loaded at a time, hence you can only encrypt or decrypt if you loaded the appropriate key. The public key allows for encryption, while the private key allows for decryption.

Building & Running & Cleaning

This project uses Maven as it's build system. If you would like to build and run the application from source, then the following commands will prove useful.

Compile Classes & Package JAR

mvn package

Run Main Class From JAR

java -cp target/rsa_encryption-1.0.0.jar com.rsa_encryption.RSA

Clean Generated Files

This will not delete the output folder that contain your generated key pairs.

mvn clean

Encryption & Decrytion Steps

1. Run the program

2. Click Create, public key will be loaded

3. Click Open, and select file to encrypt

4. Click Block

5. Click Encrypt, and your file will be encrypted

6. To decrypt, click Load, navigate to generated private key in output directory

7. Click Decrypt

8. Click Unblock, and your original file will be in it's original state

Additional Notes

• http://doctrina.org/How-RSA-Works-With-Examples.html

This source was used to better understand how RSA encryption works and how the key generation process works.

• http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java_xml/java_dom_create_document.htm

This source was used to learn how to parse and write XML files in the Java language.

• https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/cryptography/modarithmetic/a/fast-modular-exponentiation

This source was used to better explain how to expand a exponential operation using the Eclidean explansion algorithm.