public static String EncryptString(String plaintext, String password) throws Exception{
        // Create Key
        byte key[] = password.getBytes();
        DESKeySpec desKeySpec = new DESKeySpec(key);
        SecretKeyFactory keyFactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DES");
        SecretKey secretKey = keyFactory.generateSecret(desKeySpec);

        // Create Cipher
        Cipher desCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/PKCS5Padding");
        desCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey);

        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        CipherOutputStream cos = new CipherOutputStream(baos, desCipher);

        cos.write(plaintext.getBytes());
        cos.flush();
        cos.close();
        return baos.toString();
    }

    public static String DecryptString(String encryptedText, String password) throws Exception{
        // Create Key
        byte key[] = password.getBytes();
        DESKeySpec desKeySpec = new DESKeySpec(key);
        SecretKeyFactory keyFactory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DES");
        SecretKey secretKey = keyFactory.generateSecret(desKeySpec);

        // Create Cipher
        Cipher desCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/PKCS5Padding");
        desCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secretKey);

        ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(encryptedText.getBytes());
        CipherInputStream cis = new CipherInputStream(bais, desCipher);

        byte[] read = new byte[desCipher.getOutputSize(encryptedText.getBytes().length)];
        cis.read(read, 0, read.length);
        cis.close();

        return new String(read);
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        String plain = "Some DUDE thought he had swagger, but he didn't!";
        System.out.println("Encrypting: " + plain);
        String enc = EncryptString(plain, SymmetricCrypt.password);
        System.out.println("Result: " + enc);
        String dec = Decrypt.DecryptString(enc, SymmetricCrypt.password);
        System.out.println("Decrypted to: " + dec);
    }