moeXML <mmasiane <at> yahoo.com> writes: > This is not a repost. I need help resolving the problem I am having with XML > decryption. The document seems to be encrypting fine, but the decryption > seems to fail, when I try to unwrap the symmetric key using a private key. > Your help is appreciated. See code snippets below- > ... > ... > Then, I try to decrypt: > XMLCipher xmlCipher = XMLCipher.getInstance(); > > xmlCipher.init(XMLCipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key); > xmlCipher.setKEK(kek);
I think you want to use your kek to decrypt the key, so you don't want to hard code the symmetric key in the call to init. Try calling: xmlCipher.init(XMLCipher.DECRYPT_MODE, null); See org.apache.xml.security.samples.encryption.Decrypter
