Name: ktR10099 Date: 10/17/2003



Attempt to retrieve original object from the SealedObject using
getObject(Cipher) method fails. Please find below example, demonstrating
the problem. It worth mentioning, that getObject(Key) method works OK.
---------------------------test126.java---------------------------
import javax.security.auth.kerberos.*;
import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.spec.*;
import java.security.*;

public class test126 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Cipher c = null;
        SealedObject so = null;
        char[] passwd = new String("password").toCharArray();
        KerberosPrincipal kp = new KerberosPrincipal("###@###.###");
        Key k = new KerberosKey(kp, passwd, "DES");
        try {
            c = Cipher.getInstance("DES");
            c.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, k);
            so = new SealedObject("Test string", c);
            Object o = so.getObject(k);
            System.out.println("Unsealed object : " + o);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Unexpected exception : " + e);
        }
        try {
            Object o = so.getObject(c);
            System.out.println("Unsealed object : " + o);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Unexpected exception : " + e);
        }
        System.out.println("Finished");
    }
}
-------------------------test126 output---------------------------
java full version "1.5.0-beta-b23"
Unsealed object : Test string
Unexpected exception : java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid stream header
Finished
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