Thanks for your answer, Berin.
My need is to encrypt a complete xml file (with the xml header, the blank lines
etc.) and not only a DOM document (which is the xml file parsed) because when
the file is parsed some informations are loosen.
So, I think that I must consider the xml file as binary datas.
If I understand your answer, I have to create a DOM document with a <dummy>
element containing the binary datas base64 encoded and then encrypt with
"doFinal(doc, dummyElt, true)".
I will get something like that :
<dummy>
<xenc:EncryptedData xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#";
MimeType="application/XML" Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Content";>
...
</xenc:EncryptedData>
</dummy>
It's not a very interoperable solution because the receiver must know that the
<dummy> element must be removed and that the datas must be base64 decoded.
An improvement could be perhaps to remove the <dummy> level node and remove the
Type attribute (Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Content";), but there is
still the problem of base64 encoding/decoding.
Do you have a better idea/solution ?
Christophe
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Berin Lautenbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : vendredi 31 mars 2006 10:59
À : security-dev@xml.apache.org
Objet : Re: xml encryption/decryption of binary data
Christophe,
I'm not 100% sure I understand the problems, but I'll try to give some
thoughts.
The xml header is added (or not added) as part of the serialisation
process. How do you serialise your document once you have done the
encryption?
For the decrypt - that looks fine. Can you post more code? I'm not an
expert on the Java library, but others on the list may be able to assist
with more code to look at.
It is possible to do encryption of binary data, but you cannot simply
add it to the document. If you want it inside the XML, you need to
encode it (generally base64) and then add it. The resultant XML can
then be encrypted.
The alternative is to place the binary data in a separate file and have
a reference to that file in the XML document. But I don't think that is
quite what you want.
Cheers,
Berin
Larchier Christophe wrote:
> Nobody uses xml encryption with binary datas ???
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> *De :* Larchier Christophe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Envoyé :* mercredi 29 mars 2006 17:41
> *À :* security-dev@xml.apache.org
> *Objet :* xml encryption/decryption of binary data
>
> Hi all,
>
> When I use apache xml security library to encrypt an xml document
> like the following one, the xml header is loosen.
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <PurchaseOrder>
> ...
> </PurchaseOrder>
>
>
> After encrypting/decrypting, I get only :
>
> <PurchaseOrder>
> ...
> </PurchaseOrder>
>
>
> I use the doFinal() method to encrypt/decrypt with the all document
> as parameter :
> xmlCipher.doFinal(doc, doc);
>
>
> How do you manage this ?
>
> Is it possible to do xml encryption with binary datas ?
> I have tried to insert my binary datas into a dom document, but some
> special characters are added (to replace < > \).
>
> Thanks,
> Christophe
>
