== Why is this an issue?

By contract, the ``++NullCipher++`` class provides an "identity cipher" - one that does not transform or encrypt the plaintext in any way. As a consequence, the ciphertext is identical to the plaintext. So this class should be used for testing, and never in production code.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
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NullCipher nc = new NullCipher();
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== Resources

* OWASP - https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A6_2017-Security_Misconfiguration[Top 10 2017 Category A6 - Security Misconfiguration]
* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327[CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm]


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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Remove this use of the "NullCipher" class.


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 3 Dec 2014, 16:05:08 Nicolas Peru wrote:
As discussed, detecting call to constructor(s) is sufficient.

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