Java

Elite Encryption Algorithm (Java Desktop App)

Table of Contents

• About
• Building
• Usage

About

This is an implementation of the Elite Encryption Algorithm (EEA), in Java, that allows you to generate keys, encrypt, and decrypt data. If you want a breakdown of how the algorithm works and how keys are generated, check out my blog post

Warning

As of Aug. 1^st, 2024, This implementation encrypts your keys via password. There are some checks to help make sure you enter your password correctly, but it is not full-proof.

Building

Note

This assumes you already have Java installed and configured to be able to compile and run Java apps from the command line. If you don't, you will get errors when running the makefile.

Use the included makefile in order to build the .jar file to run the application.

To build the applications .jar file, navigate to the folder of the makefile and run the following command:

make jar

This will compile and build the application. To run the application, double-click on the EEA_App.jar file. Alternatively, you can run it from the command line with:

java -jar EEA_App.jar

Usage

As mentioned, this application gives you the ability to generate keys, encrypt, and decrypt data. This data can be text, individual files, or directories.

When encrypting files and directories, you can choose to save the encrypted file(s) as a new file or overwrite the existing file. When decrypting,you have the same ability. You have the option of overwriting the encrypted file(s), effectively deleting them, or keeping the encrypted files and adding the additional decrypted files.

Key Generation

This application gives you the ability to generate your own keys, as well as delete them, if you choose to do so. When you create a new set of keys, the app will prompt you to choose how many keys you would like to generate and how long you want your keys to be. It will then prompt you for a password in order to encrypt your keys.

Note

As of Aug. 1^st, 2024, This implementation now allows you to have as many key files as you like and can select which one to use at the time of encryption and decryption.

Ghost Mode

In Ghost Mode you have the ability to either manually enter (in the case of decryption), or create one-time use keys. Ghost Mode does not utilize your saved keys file, nor does it generate a new one. The reason it is called "Ghost Mode" is so your encryption/decryption is like a ghost and your keys only ever exist in memory. Meaning, the keys can never be recovered, even by data recovery, since they were never saved to your hard drive/solid-state drive. The only way you would be able to decrypt data encrypted with Ghost Mode is if you manually copied the keys yourself and then manually re-entered them using Ghost Mode to decrypt.