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[5/7] nifi git commit: NIFI-3116 This closes #2108. Added initial regression test for StringEncryptor to ensure continued functionality during removal of Jasypt. Added external compatibility regression test for StringEncryptor to ensure continued functio

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.nifi.security.util.crypto
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex
+import org.apache.nifi.security.util.EncryptionMethod
+import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assume
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.BeforeClass
+import org.junit.Ignore
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+import javax.crypto.Cipher
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey
+import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory
+import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec
+import javax.crypto.spec.PBEParameterSpec
+import java.security.Security
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+class NiFiLegacyCipherProviderGroovyTest {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NiFiLegacyCipherProviderGroovyTest.class)
+
+    private static List<EncryptionMethod> pbeEncryptionMethods = new ArrayList<>()
+    private static List<EncryptionMethod> limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods = new ArrayList<>()
+
+    private static final String PROVIDER_NAME = "BC"
+    private static final int ITERATION_COUNT = 1000
+
+    private static final byte[] SALT_16_BYTES = Hex.decodeHex("aabbccddeeff00112233445566778899".toCharArray())
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    static void setUpOnce() throws Exception {
+        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider())
+
+        pbeEncryptionMethods = EncryptionMethod.values().findAll { it.algorithm.toUpperCase().startsWith("PBE") }
+        limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods = pbeEncryptionMethods.findAll { !it.isUnlimitedStrength() }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    void setUp() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @After
+    void tearDown() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    private static Cipher getLegacyCipher(String password, byte[] salt, String algorithm) {
+        try {
+            final PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray())
+            final SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(algorithm, PROVIDER_NAME)
+            SecretKey tempKey = factory.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec)
+
+            final PBEParameterSpec parameterSpec = new PBEParameterSpec(salt, ITERATION_COUNT)
+            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(algorithm, PROVIDER_NAME)
+            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, tempKey, parameterSpec)
+            return cipher
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error generating legacy cipher", e)
+            fail(e.getMessage())
+        }
+
+        return null
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        NiFiLegacyCipherProvider cipherProvider = new NiFiLegacyCipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod : limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm())
+
+            if (!CipherUtility.passwordLengthIsValidForAlgorithmOnLimitedStrengthCrypto(PASSWORD.length(), encryptionMethod)) {
+                logger.warn("This test is skipped because the password length exceeds the undocumented limit BouncyCastle imposes on a JVM with limited strength crypto policies")
+                continue
+            }
+
+            byte[] salt = cipherProvider.generateSalt(encryptionMethod)
+            logger.info("Generated salt ${Hex.encodeHexString(salt)} (${salt.length})")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt, true)
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithUnlimitedStrengthShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Test is being skipped due to this JVM lacking JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy file.",
+                CipherUtility.isUnlimitedStrengthCryptoSupported())
+
+        NiFiLegacyCipherProvider cipherProvider = new NiFiLegacyCipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod : pbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm())
+
+            byte[] salt = cipherProvider.generateSalt(encryptionMethod)
+            logger.info("Generated salt ${Hex.encodeHexString(salt)} (${salt.length})")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt, true)
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldSupportLegacyCode() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        NiFiLegacyCipherProvider cipherProvider = new NiFiLegacyCipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "short"
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod : limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm())
+
+            if (!CipherUtility.passwordLengthIsValidForAlgorithmOnLimitedStrengthCrypto(PASSWORD.length(), encryptionMethod)) {
+                logger.warn("This test is skipped because the password length exceeds the undocumented limit BouncyCastle imposes on a JVM with limited strength crypto policies")
+                continue
+            }
+
+            byte[] salt = cipherProvider.generateSalt(encryptionMethod)
+            logger.info("Generated salt ${Hex.encodeHexString(salt)} (${salt.length})")
+
+            // Initialize a legacy cipher for encryption
+            Cipher legacyCipher = getLegacyCipher(PASSWORD, salt, encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm())
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = legacyCipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = providedCipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithoutSaltShouldSupportLegacyCode() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        NiFiLegacyCipherProvider cipherProvider = new NiFiLegacyCipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "short"
+        final byte[] SALT = new byte[0]
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            if (!CipherUtility.passwordLengthIsValidForAlgorithmOnLimitedStrengthCrypto(PASSWORD.length(), em)) {
+                logger.warn("This test is skipped because the password length exceeds the undocumented limit BouncyCastle imposes on a JVM with limited strength crypto policies")
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Initialize a legacy cipher for encryption
+            Cipher legacyCipher = getLegacyCipher(PASSWORD, SALT, em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = legacyCipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = providedCipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldIgnoreKeyLength() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        NiFiLegacyCipherProvider cipherProvider = new NiFiLegacyCipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = SALT_16_BYTES
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        final def KEY_LENGTHS = [-1, 40, 64, 128, 192, 256]
+
+        // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.MD5_128AES
+        final Cipher cipher128 = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, true)
+        byte[] cipherBytes = cipher128.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+        logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+        // Act
+        KEY_LENGTHS.each { int keyLength ->
+            logger.info("Decrypting with 'requested' key length: ${keyLength}")
+
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, keyLength, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test determines for each PBE encryption algorithm if it actually requires the JCE unlimited strength jurisdiction policies to be installed.
+     * Even some algorithms that use 128-bit keys (which should be allowed on all systems) throw exceptions because BouncyCastle derives the key
+     * from the password using a long digest result at the time of key length checking.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Ignore("Only needed once to determine max supported password lengths")
+    @Test
+    void testShouldDetermineDependenceOnUnlimitedStrengthCrypto() throws IOException {
+        def encryptionMethods = EncryptionMethod.values().findAll { it.algorithm.startsWith("PBE") }
+
+        boolean unlimitedCryptoSupported = PasswordBasedEncryptor.supportsUnlimitedStrength()
+        logger.info("This JVM supports unlimited strength crypto: ${unlimitedCryptoSupported}")
+
+        def longestSupportedPasswordByEM = [:]
+
+        encryptionMethods.each { EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod ->
+            logger.info("Attempting ${encryptionMethod.name()} (${encryptionMethod.algorithm}) which claims unlimited strength required: ${encryptionMethod.unlimitedStrength}")
+
+            (1..20).find { int length ->
+                String password = "x" * length
+
+                try {
+                    NiFiLegacyCipherProvider cipherProvider = new NiFiLegacyCipherProvider()
+                    Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, password, true)
+                    return false
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger.error("Unable to create the cipher with ${encryptionMethod.algorithm} and password ${password} (${password.length()}) due to ${e.getMessage()}")
+                    if (!longestSupportedPasswordByEM.containsKey(encryptionMethod)) {
+                        longestSupportedPasswordByEM.put(encryptionMethod, password.length() - 1)
+                    }
+                    return true
+                }
+            }
+            logger.info("\n")
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Longest supported password by encryption method:")
+        longestSupportedPasswordByEM.each { EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod, int length ->
+            logger.info("\t${encryptionMethod.algorithm}\t${length}")
+        }
+    }
+}
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.nifi.security.util.crypto
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex
+import org.apache.nifi.security.util.EncryptionMethod
+import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assume
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.BeforeClass
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+import javax.crypto.Cipher
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey
+import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory
+import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec
+import javax.crypto.spec.PBEParameterSpec
+import java.security.Security
+
+import static groovy.test.GroovyAssert.shouldFail
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+class OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProviderGroovyTest {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProviderGroovyTest.class)
+
+    private static List<EncryptionMethod> pbeEncryptionMethods = new ArrayList<>()
+    private static List<EncryptionMethod> limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods = new ArrayList<>()
+
+    private static final String PROVIDER_NAME = "BC"
+    private static final int ITERATION_COUNT = 0
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    static void setUpOnce() throws Exception {
+        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider())
+
+        pbeEncryptionMethods = EncryptionMethod.values().findAll { it.algorithm.toUpperCase().startsWith("PBE") }
+        limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods = pbeEncryptionMethods.findAll { !it.isUnlimitedStrength() }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    void setUp() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @After
+    void tearDown() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    private static Cipher getLegacyCipher(String password, byte[] salt, String algorithm) {
+        try {
+            final PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray())
+            final SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(algorithm, PROVIDER_NAME)
+            SecretKey tempKey = factory.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec)
+
+            final PBEParameterSpec parameterSpec = new PBEParameterSpec(salt, ITERATION_COUNT)
+            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(algorithm, PROVIDER_NAME)
+            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, tempKey, parameterSpec)
+            return cipher
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error generating legacy cipher", e)
+            fail(e.getMessage())
+        }
+
+        return null
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "short"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("aabbccddeeff0011".toCharArray())
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            if (!CipherUtility.passwordLengthIsValidForAlgorithmOnLimitedStrengthCrypto(PASSWORD.length(), em)) {
+                logger.warn("This test is skipped because the password length exceeds the undocumented limit BouncyCastle imposes on a JVM with limited strength crypto policies")
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, true)
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithUnlimitedStrengthShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Test is being skipped due to this JVM lacking JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy file.",
+                CipherUtility.isUnlimitedStrengthCryptoSupported())
+
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("aabbccddeeff0011".toCharArray())
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : pbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, true)
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldSupportLegacyCode() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("0011223344556677".toCharArray())
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            if (!CipherUtility.passwordLengthIsValidForAlgorithmOnLimitedStrengthCrypto(PASSWORD.length(), em)) {
+                logger.warn("This test is skipped because the password length exceeds the undocumented limit BouncyCastle imposes on a JVM with limited strength crypto policies")
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Initialize a legacy cipher for encryption
+            Cipher legacyCipher = getLegacyCipher(PASSWORD, SALT, em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = legacyCipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = providedCipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithoutSaltShouldSupportLegacyCode() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "short"
+        final byte[] SALT = new byte[0]
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : limitedStrengthPbeEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: {}", em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            if (!CipherUtility.passwordLengthIsValidForAlgorithmOnLimitedStrengthCrypto(PASSWORD.length(), em)) {
+                logger.warn("This test is skipped because the password length exceeds the undocumented limit BouncyCastle imposes on a JVM with limited strength crypto policies")
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Initialize a legacy cipher for encryption
+            Cipher legacyCipher = getLegacyCipher(PASSWORD, SALT, em.getAlgorithm())
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = legacyCipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = providedCipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldIgnoreKeyLength() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("aabbccddeeff0011".toCharArray())
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        final def KEY_LENGTHS = [-1, 40, 64, 128, 192, 256]
+
+        // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.MD5_128AES
+        final Cipher cipher128 = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, true)
+        byte[] cipherBytes = cipher128.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+        logger.info("Cipher text: {} {}", Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes), cipherBytes.length)
+
+        // Act
+        KEY_LENGTHS.each { int keyLength ->
+            logger.info("Decrypting with 'requested' key length: ${keyLength}")
+
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, keyLength, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldRequireEncryptionMethod() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("0011223344556677".toCharArray())
+
+        // Act
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: null")
+
+        def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(null, PASSWORD, SALT, false)
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        assert msg =~ "The encryption method must be specified"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldRequirePassword() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("0011223344556677".toCharArray())
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.MD5_128AES
+
+        // Act
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod}")
+
+        def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, "", SALT, false)
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        assert msg =~ "Encryption with an empty password is not supported"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldValidateSaltLength() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("00112233445566".toCharArray())
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.MD5_128AES
+
+        // Act
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod}")
+
+        def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+            Cipher providedCipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, false)
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        assert msg =~ "Salt must be 8 bytes US-ASCII encoded"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGenerateSaltShouldProvideValidSalt() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        PBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new OpenSSLPKCS5CipherProvider()
+
+        // Act
+        byte[] salt = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+        logger.info("Checking salt ${Hex.encodeHexString(salt)}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert salt.length == cipherProvider.getDefaultSaltLength()
+        assert salt != [(0x00 as byte) * cipherProvider.defaultSaltLength]
+    }
+}
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.nifi.security.util.crypto
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex
+import org.apache.nifi.security.util.EncryptionMethod
+import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assume
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.BeforeClass
+import org.junit.Ignore
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+import javax.crypto.Cipher
+import java.security.Security
+
+import static groovy.test.GroovyAssert.shouldFail
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+class PBKDF2CipherProviderGroovyTest {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PBKDF2CipherProviderGroovyTest.class)
+
+    private static List<EncryptionMethod> strongKDFEncryptionMethods
+
+    public static final String MICROBENCHMARK = "microbenchmark"
+    private static final int DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH = 128
+    private static final int TEST_ITERATION_COUNT = 1000
+    private final String DEFAULT_PRF = "SHA-512"
+    private final String SALT_HEX = "0123456789ABCDEFFEDCBA9876543210"
+    private final String IV_HEX = "01" * 16
+    private static ArrayList<Integer> AES_KEY_LENGTHS
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    static void setUpOnce() throws Exception {
+        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider())
+
+        strongKDFEncryptionMethods = EncryptionMethod.values().findAll { it.isCompatibleWithStrongKDFs() }
+
+        logger.metaClass.methodMissing = { String name, args ->
+            logger.info("[${name?.toUpperCase()}] ${(args as List).join(" ")}")
+        }
+
+        if (CipherUtility.isUnlimitedStrengthCryptoSupported()) {
+            AES_KEY_LENGTHS = [128, 192, 256]
+        } else {
+            AES_KEY_LENGTHS = [128]
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    void setUp() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @After
+    void tearDown() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            byte[] iv = cipher.getIV()
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(iv)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, iv, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldRejectInvalidIV() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final def INVALID_IVS = (0..15).collect { int length -> new byte[length] }
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        INVALID_IVS.each { byte[] badIV ->
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(badIV)} ${badIV.length}")
+
+            // Encrypt should print a warning about the bad IV but overwrite it
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, badIV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+
+            // Decrypt should fail
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, badIV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            }
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ "Cannot decrypt without a valid IV"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithExternalIVShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithUnlimitedStrengthShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Test is being skipped due to this JVM lacking JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy file.",
+                CipherUtility.isUnlimitedStrengthCryptoSupported())
+
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+
+        final int LONG_KEY_LENGTH = 256
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, LONG_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            byte[] iv = cipher.getIV()
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(iv)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, iv, LONG_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testShouldRejectEmptyPRF() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+        final EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        String prf = ""
+
+        // Act
+        logger.info("Using PRF ${prf}")
+        def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+            cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(prf, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        assert msg =~ "Cannot resolve empty PRF"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testShouldResolveDefaultPRF() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+        final EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        final PBKDF2CipherProvider SHA512_PROVIDER = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        String prf = "sha768"
+        logger.info("Using ${prf}")
+
+        // Act
+        cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(prf, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+        logger.info("Resolved PRF to ${cipherProvider.getPRFName()}")
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+        // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+        Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+        logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+        byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+        logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+        cipher = SHA512_PROVIDER.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+        byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+        String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+        logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testShouldResolveVariousPRFs() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final List<String> PRFS = ["SHA-1", "MD5", "SHA-256", "SHA-384", "SHA-512"]
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+        final EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        PRFS.each { String prf ->
+            logger.info("Using ${prf}")
+            cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(prf, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+            logger.info("Resolved PRF to ${cipherProvider.getPRFName()}")
+
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldSupportExternalCompatibility() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider("SHA-256", TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PLAINTEXT = "This is a plaintext message."
+        final String PASSWORD = "thisIsABadPassword"
+
+        // These values can be generated by running `$ ./openssl_pbkdf2.rb` in the terminal
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("ae2481bee3d8b5d5b732bf464ea2ff01" as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex("26db997dcd18472efd74dabe5ff36853" as char[])
+
+        final String CIPHER_TEXT = "92edbabae06add6275a1d64815755a9ba52afc96e2c1a316d3abbe1826e96f6c"
+        byte[] cipherBytes = Hex.decodeHex(CIPHER_TEXT as char[])
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+        logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+        // Act
+        Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+        byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+        String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+        logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert PLAINTEXT.equals(recovered)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherForDecryptShouldRequireIV() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            }
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ "Cannot decrypt without a valid IV"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldRejectInvalidSalt() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "thisIsABadPassword"
+
+        final def INVALID_SALTS = ['pbkdf2', '$3a$11$', 'x', '$2a$10$', '', null]
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+        // Act
+        INVALID_SALTS.each { String salt ->
+            logger.info("Checking salt ${salt}")
+
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt?.bytes, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            }
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ "The salt must be at least 16 bytes\\. To generate a salt, use PBKDF2CipherProvider#generateSalt"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldAcceptValidKeyLengths() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        final String PLAINTEXT = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Currently only AES ciphers are compatible with PBKDF2, so redundant to test all algorithms
+        final def VALID_KEY_LENGTHS = AES_KEY_LENGTHS
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        VALID_KEY_LENGTHS.each { int keyLength ->
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()} with key length ${keyLength}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, keyLength, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(PLAINTEXT.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, keyLength, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert PLAINTEXT.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldNotAcceptInvalidKeyLengths() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex(SALT_HEX as char[])
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex(IV_HEX as char[])
+
+        // Currently only AES ciphers are compatible with PBKDF2, so redundant to test all algorithms
+        final def VALID_KEY_LENGTHS = [-1, 40, 64, 112, 512]
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        VALID_KEY_LENGTHS.each { int keyLength ->
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()} with key length ${keyLength}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, keyLength, true)
+            }
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ "${keyLength} is not a valid key length for AES"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Ignore("This test can be run on a specific machine to evaluate if the default iteration count is sufficient")
+    @Test
+    void testDefaultConstructorShouldProvideStrongIterationCount() {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider()
+
+        // Values taken from http://wildlyinaccurate.com/bcrypt-choosing-a-work-factor/ and http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/17207/recommended-of-rounds-for-bcrypt
+
+        // Calculate the iteration count to reach 500 ms
+        int minimumIterationCount = calculateMinimumIterationCount()
+        logger.info("Determined minimum safe iteration count to be ${minimumIterationCount}")
+
+        // Act
+        int iterationCount = cipherProvider.getIterationCount()
+        logger.info("Default iteration count ${iterationCount}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assertTrue("The default iteration count for PBKDF2CipherProvider is too weak. Please update the default value to a stronger level.", iterationCount >= minimumIterationCount)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the iteration count required for a derivation to exceed 500 ms on this machine using the default PRF.
+     * Code adapted from http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/17207/recommended-of-rounds-for-bcrypt
+     *
+     * @return the minimum iteration count
+     */
+    private static int calculateMinimumIterationCount() {
+        // High start-up cost, so run multiple times for better benchmarking
+        final int RUNS = 10
+
+        // Benchmark using an iteration count of 10k
+        int iterationCount = 10_000
+
+        final byte[] SALT = [0x00 as byte] * 16
+        final byte[] IV = [0x01 as byte] * 16
+
+        String defaultPrf = new PBKDF2CipherProvider().getPRFName()
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(defaultPrf, iterationCount)
+
+        // Run once to prime the system
+        double duration = time {
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC, MICROBENCHMARK, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+        }
+        logger.info("First run of iteration count ${iterationCount} took ${duration} ms (ignored)")
+
+        def durations = []
+
+        RUNS.times { int i ->
+            duration = time {
+                // Use encrypt mode with provided salt and IV to minimize overhead during benchmark call
+                Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC, "${MICROBENCHMARK}${i}", SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            }
+            logger.info("Iteration count ${iterationCount} took ${duration} ms")
+            durations << duration
+        }
+
+        duration = durations.sum() / durations.size()
+        logger.info("Iteration count ${iterationCount} averaged ${duration} ms")
+
+        // Keep increasing iteration count until the estimated duration is over 500 ms
+        while (duration < 500) {
+            iterationCount *= 2
+            duration *= 2
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Returning iteration count ${iterationCount} for ${duration} ms")
+
+        return iterationCount
+    }
+
+    private static double time(Closure c) {
+        long start = System.nanoTime()
+        c.call()
+        long end = System.nanoTime()
+        return (end - start) / 1_000_000.0
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGenerateSaltShouldProvideValidSalt() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new PBKDF2CipherProvider(DEFAULT_PRF, TEST_ITERATION_COUNT)
+
+        // Act
+        byte[] salt = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+        logger.info("Checking salt ${Hex.encodeHexString(salt)}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert salt.length == 16
+        assert salt != [(0x00 as byte) * 16]
+    }
+}
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+/*
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+package org.apache.nifi.security.util.crypto
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex
+import org.apache.nifi.security.util.EncryptionMethod
+import org.apache.nifi.security.util.crypto.scrypt.Scrypt
+import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assume
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.BeforeClass
+import org.junit.Ignore
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+import javax.crypto.Cipher
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey
+import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec
+import java.security.SecureRandom
+import java.security.Security
+
+import static groovy.test.GroovyAssert.shouldFail
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+class ScryptCipherProviderGroovyTest {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ScryptCipherProviderGroovyTest.class)
+
+    private static List<EncryptionMethod> strongKDFEncryptionMethods
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH = 128
+    public static final String MICROBENCHMARK = "microbenchmark"
+    private static ArrayList<Integer> AES_KEY_LENGTHS
+
+    RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    static void setUpOnce() throws Exception {
+        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider())
+
+        strongKDFEncryptionMethods = EncryptionMethod.values().findAll { it.isCompatibleWithStrongKDFs() }
+
+        logger.metaClass.methodMissing = { String name, args ->
+            logger.info("[${name?.toUpperCase()}] ${(args as List).join(" ")}")
+        }
+
+        if (CipherUtility.isUnlimitedStrengthCryptoSupported()) {
+            AES_KEY_LENGTHS = [128, 192, 256]
+        } else {
+            AES_KEY_LENGTHS = [128]
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    void setUp() throws Exception {
+        // Very fast parameters to test for correctness rather than production values
+        cipherProvider = new ScryptCipherProvider(4, 1, 1)
+    }
+
+    @After
+    void tearDown() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            byte[] iv = cipher.getIV()
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(iv)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, iv, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithExternalIVShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex("01" * 16 as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherWithUnlimitedStrengthShouldBeInternallyConsistent() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Test is being skipped due to this JVM lacking JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy file.",
+                CipherUtility.isUnlimitedStrengthCryptoSupported())
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+
+        final int LONG_KEY_LENGTH = 256
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, LONG_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            byte[] iv = cipher.getIV()
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(iv)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, iv, LONG_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testScryptShouldSupportExternalCompatibility() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+
+        // Default values are N=2^14, r=8, p=1, but the provided salt will contain the parameters used
+        cipherProvider = new ScryptCipherProvider()
+
+        final String PLAINTEXT = "This is a plaintext message."
+        final String PASSWORD = "thisIsABadPassword"
+        final int DK_LEN = 128
+
+        // These values can be generated by running `$ ./openssl_scrypt.rb` in the terminal
+        final byte[] SALT = Hex.decodeHex("f5b8056ea6e66edb8d013ac432aba24a" as char[])
+        logger.info("Expected salt: ${Hex.encodeHexString(SALT)}")
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex("76a00f00878b8c3db314ae67804c00a1" as char[])
+
+        final String CIPHER_TEXT = "604188bf8e9137bc1b24a0ab01973024bc5935e9ae5fedf617bdca028c63c261"
+        logger.sanity("Ruby cipher text: ${CIPHER_TEXT}")
+        byte[] cipherBytes = Hex.decodeHex(CIPHER_TEXT as char[])
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Sanity check
+        String rubyKeyHex = "a8efbc0a709d3f89b6bb35b05fc8edf5"
+        logger.sanity("Using key: ${rubyKeyHex}")
+        logger.sanity("Using IV:  ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+        Cipher rubyCipher = Cipher.getInstance(encryptionMethod.algorithm, "BC")
+        def rubyKey = new SecretKeySpec(Hex.decodeHex(rubyKeyHex as char[]), "AES")
+        def ivSpec = new IvParameterSpec(IV)
+        rubyCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, rubyKey, ivSpec)
+        byte[] rubyCipherBytes = rubyCipher.doFinal(PLAINTEXT.bytes)
+        logger.sanity("Created cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(rubyCipherBytes)}")
+        rubyCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, rubyKey, ivSpec)
+        assert rubyCipher.doFinal(rubyCipherBytes) == PLAINTEXT.bytes
+        logger.sanity("Decrypted generated cipher text successfully")
+        assert rubyCipher.doFinal(cipherBytes) == PLAINTEXT.bytes
+        logger.sanity("Decrypted external cipher text successfully")
+
+        // n$r$p$hex_salt_SL$hex_hash_HL
+        final String FULL_HASH = "400\$8\$24\$f5b8056ea6e66edb8d013ac432aba24a\$a8efbc0a709d3f89b6bb35b05fc8edf5"
+        logger.info("Full Hash: ${FULL_HASH}")
+
+        def (String nStr, String rStr, String pStr, String saltHex, String hashHex) = FULL_HASH.split("\\\$")
+        def (n, r, p) = [nStr, rStr, pStr].collect { Integer.valueOf(it, 16) }
+
+        logger.info("N: Hex ${nStr} -> ${n}")
+        logger.info("r: Hex ${rStr} -> ${r}")
+        logger.info("p: Hex ${pStr} -> ${p}")
+        logger.info("Salt: ${saltHex}")
+        logger.info("Hash: ${hashHex}")
+
+        // Form Java-style salt with cost params from Ruby-style
+        String javaSalt = Scrypt.formatSalt(Hex.decodeHex(saltHex as char[]), n, r, p)
+        logger.info("Formed Java-style salt: ${javaSalt}")
+
+        // Convert hash from hex to Base64
+        String base64Hash = CipherUtility.encodeBase64NoPadding(Hex.decodeHex(hashHex as char[]))
+        logger.info("Converted hash from hex ${hashHex} to Base64 ${base64Hash}")
+        assert Hex.encodeHexString(Base64.decodeBase64(base64Hash)) == hashHex
+
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+        logger.info("External cipher text: ${CIPHER_TEXT} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+        // Act
+        Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, javaSalt.bytes, IV, DK_LEN, false)
+        byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+        String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+        logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert PLAINTEXT.equals(recovered)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldHandleSaltWithoutParameters() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+
+        // To help Groovy resolve implementation private methods not known at interface level
+        cipherProvider = cipherProvider as ScryptCipherProvider
+
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = new byte[cipherProvider.defaultSaltLength]
+        new SecureRandom().nextBytes(SALT)
+
+        final String EXPECTED_FORMATTED_SALT = cipherProvider.formatSaltForScrypt(SALT)
+        logger.info("Expected salt: ${EXPECTED_FORMATTED_SALT}")
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+        // Act
+
+        // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+        Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+        byte[] iv = cipher.getIV()
+        logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(iv)}")
+
+        byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+        logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+        // Manually initialize a cipher for decrypt with the expected salt
+        byte[] parsedSalt = new byte[cipherProvider.defaultSaltLength]
+        def params = []
+        cipherProvider.parseSalt(EXPECTED_FORMATTED_SALT, parsedSalt, params)
+        def (int n, int r, int p) = params
+        byte[] keyBytes = Scrypt.deriveScryptKey(PASSWORD.bytes, parsedSalt, n, r, p, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH)
+        SecretKey key = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES")
+        Cipher manualCipher = Cipher.getInstance(encryptionMethod.algorithm, encryptionMethod.provider)
+        manualCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, new IvParameterSpec(iv))
+        byte[] recoveredBytes = manualCipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+        String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+        logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert plaintext.equals(recovered)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldNotAcceptInvalidSalts() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "thisIsABadPassword"
+
+        final def INVALID_SALTS = ['bad_sal', '$3a$11$', 'x', '$2a$10$', '$400$1$1$abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz']
+        final LENGTH_MESSAGE = "The raw salt must be between 8 and 32 bytes"
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+        // Act
+        INVALID_SALTS.each { String salt ->
+            logger.info("Checking salt ${salt}")
+
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt.bytes, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            }
+            logger.expected(msg)
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ LENGTH_MESSAGE
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldHandleUnformattedSalts() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "thisIsABadPassword"
+
+        final def RECOVERABLE_SALTS = ['$ab$00$acbdefghijklmnopqrstuv', '$4$1$1$0123456789abcdef', '$400$1$1$abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv']
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+        // Act
+        RECOVERABLE_SALTS.each { String salt ->
+            logger.info("Checking salt ${salt}")
+
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, salt.bytes, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+
+            // Assert
+            assert cipher
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldRejectEmptySalt() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "thisIsABadPassword"
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+        logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+        // Act
+        def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, new byte[0], DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+        }
+        logger.expected(msg)
+
+        // Assert
+        assert msg =~ "The salt cannot be empty\\. To generate a salt, use ScryptCipherProvider#generateSalt"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherForDecryptShouldRequireIV() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex("00" * 16 as char[])
+
+        final String plaintext = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Act
+        for (EncryptionMethod em : strongKDFEncryptionMethods) {
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${em.getAlgorithm()}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(em, PASSWORD, SALT, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, false)
+            }
+            logger.expected(msg)
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ "Cannot decrypt without a valid IV"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldAcceptValidKeyLengths() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex("01" * 16 as char[])
+
+        final String PLAINTEXT = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Currently only AES ciphers are compatible with Bcrypt, so redundant to test all algorithms
+        final def VALID_KEY_LENGTHS = AES_KEY_LENGTHS
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        VALID_KEY_LENGTHS.each { int keyLength ->
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()} with key length ${keyLength}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, keyLength, true)
+            logger.info("IV: ${Hex.encodeHexString(IV)}")
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = cipher.doFinal(PLAINTEXT.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+            logger.info("Cipher text: ${Hex.encodeHexString(cipherBytes)} ${cipherBytes.length}")
+
+            cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, keyLength, false)
+            byte[] recoveredBytes = cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes)
+            String recovered = new String(recoveredBytes, "UTF-8")
+            logger.info("Recovered: ${recovered}")
+
+            // Assert
+            assert PLAINTEXT.equals(recovered)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetCipherShouldNotAcceptInvalidKeyLengths() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        final String PASSWORD = "shortPassword"
+        final byte[] SALT = cipherProvider.generateSalt()
+        final byte[] IV = Hex.decodeHex("00" * 16 as char[])
+
+        final String PLAINTEXT = "This is a plaintext message."
+
+        // Even though Scrypt can derive keys of arbitrary length, it will fail to validate if the underlying cipher does not support it
+        final def INVALID_KEY_LENGTHS = [-1, 40, 64, 112, 512]
+        // Currently only AES ciphers are compatible with Scrypt, so redundant to test all algorithms
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        INVALID_KEY_LENGTHS.each { int keyLength ->
+            logger.info("Using algorithm: ${encryptionMethod.getAlgorithm()} with key length ${keyLength}")
+
+            // Initialize a cipher for encryption
+            def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+                Cipher cipher = cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, PASSWORD, SALT, IV, keyLength, true)
+            }
+            logger.expected(msg)
+
+            // Assert
+            assert msg =~ "${keyLength} is not a valid key length for AES"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testScryptShouldNotAcceptInvalidPassword() {
+        // Arrange
+        String badPassword = ""
+        byte[] salt = [0x01 as byte] * 16
+
+        EncryptionMethod encryptionMethod = EncryptionMethod.AES_CBC
+
+        // Act
+        def msg = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException) {
+            cipherProvider.getCipher(encryptionMethod, badPassword, salt, DEFAULT_KEY_LENGTH, true)
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        assert msg =~ "Encryption with an empty password is not supported"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGenerateSaltShouldUseProvidedParameters() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RandomIVPBECipherProvider cipherProvider = new ScryptCipherProvider(8, 2, 2)
+        int n = cipherProvider.getN()
+        int r = cipherProvider.getR()
+        int p = cipherProvider.getP()
+
+        // Act
+        final String salt = new String(cipherProvider.generateSalt())
+        logger.info("Salt: ${salt}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assert salt =~ "^(?i)\\\$s0\\\$[a-f0-9]{5,16}\\\$"
+        String params = Scrypt.encodeParams(n, r, p)
+        assert salt.contains("\$${params}\$")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testShouldParseSalt() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        cipherProvider = cipherProvider as ScryptCipherProvider
+
+        final byte[] EXPECTED_RAW_SALT = Hex.decodeHex("f5b8056ea6e66edb8d013ac432aba24a" as char[])
+        final int EXPECTED_N = 1024
+        final int EXPECTED_R = 8
+        final int EXPECTED_P = 36
+
+        final String FORMATTED_SALT = "\$s0\$a0824\$9bgFbqbmbtuNATrEMquiSg"
+        logger.info("Using salt: ${FORMATTED_SALT}")
+
+        byte[] rawSalt = new byte[16]
+        def params = []
+
+        // Act
+        cipherProvider.parseSalt(FORMATTED_SALT, rawSalt, params)
+
+        // Assert
+        assert rawSalt == EXPECTED_RAW_SALT
+        assert params[0] == EXPECTED_N
+        assert params[1] == EXPECTED_R
+        assert params[2] == EXPECTED_P
+    }
+
+    @Ignore("This test can be run on a specific machine to evaluate if the default parameters are sufficient")
+    @Test
+    void testDefaultConstructorShouldProvideStrongParameters() {
+        // Arrange
+        ScryptCipherProvider testCipherProvider = new ScryptCipherProvider()
+
+        /** See this Stack Overflow answer for a good visualization of the interplay between N, r, p <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/30308723" rel="noopener">http://stackoverflow.com/a/30308723</a> */
+
+        // Act
+        int n = testCipherProvider.getN()
+        int r = testCipherProvider.getR()
+        int p = testCipherProvider.getP()
+        logger.info("Default parameters N=${n}, r=${r}, p=${p}")
+
+        // Calculate the parameters to reach 500 ms
+        def (int minimumN, int minimumR, int minimumP) = calculateMinimumParameters(r, p)
+        logger.info("Determined minimum safe parameters to be N=${minimumN}, r=${minimumR}, p=${minimumP}")
+
+        // Assert
+        assertTrue("The default parameters for ScryptCipherProvider are too weak. Please update the default values to a stronger level.", n >= minimumN)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the parameters required for a derivation to exceed 500 ms on this machine. Code adapted from http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/17207/recommended-of-rounds-for-bcrypt
+     *
+     * @param r the block size in bytes (defaults to 8)
+     * @param p the parallelization factor (defaults to 1)
+     * @param maxHeapSize the maximum heap size to use in bytes (defaults to 1 GB)
+     *
+     * @return the minimum scrypt parameters as [N, r, p]
+     */
+    private static List<Integer> calculateMinimumParameters(int r = 8, int p = 1, int maxHeapSize = 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
+        // High start-up cost, so run multiple times for better benchmarking
+        final int RUNS = 10
+
+        // Benchmark using N=2^4
+        int n = 2**4
+        int dkLen = 128
+
+        assert Scrypt.calculateExpectedMemory(n, r, p) <= maxHeapSize
+
+        byte[] salt = new byte[Scrypt.defaultSaltLength]
+        new SecureRandom().nextBytes(salt)
+
+        // Run once to prime the system
+        double duration = time {
+            Scrypt.scrypt(MICROBENCHMARK, salt, n, r, p, dkLen)
+        }
+        logger.info("First run of N=${n}, r=${r}, p=${p} took ${duration} ms (ignored)")
+
+        def durations = []
+
+        RUNS.times { int i ->
+            duration = time {
+                Scrypt.scrypt(MICROBENCHMARK, salt, n, r, p, dkLen)
+            }
+            logger.info("N=${n}, r=${r}, p=${p} took ${duration} ms")
+            durations << duration
+        }
+
+        duration = durations.sum() / durations.size()
+        logger.info("N=${n}, r=${r}, p=${p} averaged ${duration} ms")
+
+        // Doubling N would double the run time
+        // Keep increasing N until the estimated duration is over 500 ms
+        while (duration < 500) {
+            n *= 2
+            duration *= 2
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Returning N=${n}, r=${r}, p=${p} for ${duration} ms")
+
+        return [n, r, p]
+    }
+
+    private static double time(Closure c) {
+        long start = System.nanoTime()
+        c.call()
+        long end = System.nanoTime()
+        return (end - start) / 1_000_000.0
+    }
+}
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