Java cryption not compatible with non-java?

Question

I can encrypt/decrypt my text with misc algorithms using the Java crypto API:
SecretKeySpec key = new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes(CHARSET), algorithm);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(algorithm);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
byte[] stringBytes = plainText.getBytes(CHARSET); //encode
byte[] rawBytes = cipher.doFinal(stringBytes); //encrypt
BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
result = encoder.encodeBuffer(rawBytes); //encode bytes to base64 to get a stringHowever, when using other en-/decryption tools with the same algorithms, keys and plain/crypted texts, it doesn't work anymore, i.e. I can't decrypt text with such a tool that was crypted with Java and vica versa. Is there something missing in my code?

Answer 1

@ggainey:
Okay, but how do I get these transformation strings with mode and padding? When I try read the algorithms via
            String [] result = null;
            Set set = new HashSet();
            String serviceType = "KeyGenerator";
            Provider[] providers = Security.getProviders(); //all providers
            for (int i = 0; i < providers.length; i++) {
                Set keys = providers.keySet(); //Get services provided by each provider
for (Iterator it = keys.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
String key = (String) it.next();
System.out.println("key :"+key);
key = key.split(" ")[0];
if (key.startsWith(serviceType+".")) {
set.add(key.substring(serviceType.length()+1));
} else if (key.startsWith("Alg.Alias."+serviceType+".")) { // This is an alias
set.add(key.substring(serviceType.length()+11));
}//next service
}//next provider
result = (String[])set.toArray(new String[set.size()]);
System.out.println("Algos: "+de.icomps.ICUtils.toString(result));
I just get this output for DES:
key :KeyGenerator.DES
key :Alg.Alias.SecretKeyFactory.TripleDES
key :Cipher.PBEWithMD5AndTripleDES
key :AlgorithmParameters.PBE
key :SecretKeyFactory.DES
key :Cipher.AES
key :Alg.Alias.KeyPairGenerator.DH
key :Alg.Alias.AlgorithmParameters.DH
key :Alg.Alias.KeyGenerator.TripleDES
key :KeyAgreement.DiffieHellman
How can I get/generate the "DES/CBC/PKCS5Padding" style strings?