In today’s digital landscape, securing the communication between clients and servers is critical. Encrypting data on the client side and decrypting it on the server ensures your information remains private ,safe and unreadable, even if intercepted.

🌐 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀:

1. 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲: The client encrypts the payload using a shared 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗲𝘆 before sending the request to the server.
2. 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲: The server, using the 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗲𝘆, decrypts the payload to process the original information.

🔧𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
• 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗝𝗦: A popular JavaScript library used for cryptographic operations like encryption and hashing.
• 𝗔𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺: A symmetric key algorithm that uses the same key for encryption and decryption.
• 𝗖𝗕𝗖 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲: Cipher Block Chaining mode, ensuring that each block of plaintext is encrypted with the previous one for added security.
• 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 (𝗜𝗩): A randomly generated value used to ensure that the encryption produces different outputs, even for identical inputs.
• 𝗣𝗞𝗖𝗦𝟳 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Padding ensures the plaintext aligns with the block size requirements.

🛡️ 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵:
• 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆: Even if the payload is intercepted, it remains unreadable without the encryption key.
• 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: Adding a random IV ensures that the same plaintext encrypted multiple times will yield different ciphertexts.
• 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: Decrypting with the same key guarantees that only the intended recipient can read the data.

📌 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀:
• 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲: Never hard-code it directly; store it securely on both client and server.
• 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗧𝗧𝗣𝗦 alongside encryption to protect data in transit and prevent man-in-the-middle attacks..
• 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 keys regularly to maintain a high level of security.

By implementing these steps, you can safeguard your client-server communication effectively. 🔒

I’ve created a detailed post on Medium with step-by-step instructions and code examples. Feel free to check it out!🗞️📜️:https://lnkd.in/ek9pXF5t

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