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These links are no longer relevant since SANS now just link to CWE, and we already have links to CWEs.
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== Why is this an issue?
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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.
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=== Noncompliant code example
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[source,java]
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NullCipher nc = new NullCipher();
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== Resources
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* https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A6_2017-Security_Misconfiguration[OWASP Top 10 2017 Category A6] - Security Misconfiguration
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* https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327[MITRE, CWE-327] - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
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ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]
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'''
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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message
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Remove this use of the "NullCipher" class.
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'''
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== Comments And Links
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=== on 3 Dec 2014, 16:05:08 Nicolas Peru wrote:
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As discussed, detecting call to constructor(s) is sufficient.
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