Navicat Keygen - How does it work?

1. Keyword Explanation.

Navicat Activation Public Key

It is an RSA-2048 public key that Navicat used to encrypt or decrypt offline activation information.

It is stored in

  Navicat Premium.app/Contents/Resources/rpk

You can see it by any kind of text editor. The content is:

If you have the corresponding private key, please tell me. I would be very appreciated for your generous.

NOTICE:

Start from Navicat Premuim 12.0.24 for Mac, the public key is no longer stored in

  Navicat Premium.app/Contents/Resources/rpk

Instead, the public key is stored in Navicat executable file

  Navicat Premium.app/Contents/MacOS/Navicat Premium

in plaintext. You can see it by searching string "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- ".

NOTICE:

Start from Navicat Premium 12.1.14 for Mac, the public key is still stored in the executable file in plaintext.

However, it does not load the key from the plaintext. Instead, it loads the key from a piece of ciphertext which is 0x188 bytes long. The ciphertext is

  const uint8_t ciphertext[0x188] = {
      0xfe, 0xfd, 0xfc, 0xf4, 0xfe, 0xd2, 0xf8, 0xf4, 0xf1, 0xd3, 0xde, 0xc7, 0xdf, 0xd3, 0xd0, 0xfd,
      0x8a, 0xc3, 0x85, 0xf4, 0xf6, 0xe9, 0xfc, 0xfc, 0xf2, 0xf5, 0xfa, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xe9, 0x81, 0xfb,
      0xfe, 0xfd, 0xfc, 0xf4, 0xf4, 0xdf, 0xf2, 0xf9, 0xf2, 0xe5, 0xf0, 0xf7, 0xc0, 0x89, 0xdd, 0xcb,
      0xf5, 0x87, 0xe6, 0xdd, 0xf4, 0xd9, 0xf8, 0xfb, 0xde, 0xf9, 0xcf, 0xc5, 0x8f, 0x80, 0x80, 0xf3,
      0xc2, 0xd0, 0xe2, 0x8f, 0xfa, 0x8a, 0xdd, 0xf3, 0xd7, 0xdc, 0x86, 0xdc, 0xf0, 0x81, 0xc0, 0xea,
      0xd0, 0xd9, 0xf9, 0xd8, 0xda, 0xf2, 0xd0, 0xfd, 0xc3, 0xf6, 0xf3, 0x82, 0xf2, 0x81, 0xef, 0xf2,
      0xe0, 0xf9, 0xf2, 0xd3, 0x8f, 0xd7, 0xe9, 0xfb, 0xca, 0x86, 0xde, 0xfc, 0xf3, 0xd5, 0xdd, 0xf4,
      0xc7, 0x80, 0xf7, 0xd5, 0xf2, 0xc1, 0xde, 0xcc, 0xc0, 0xc7, 0xf0, 0xd0, 0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd7, 0xcc,
      0xd2, 0x81, 0xc1, 0x83, 0xdd, 0xd5, 0x8a, 0x8f, 0x81, 0xe1, 0xf4, 0xd9, 0xf3, 0xd7, 0xca, 0xef,
      0xf9, 0xdf, 0xe1, 0xee, 0xf0, 0xe9, 0xd1, 0xca, 0xf2, 0xe3, 0xf8, 0xf0, 0x83, 0xde, 0xfb, 0xd7,
      0xf1, 0xc4, 0xfa, 0x85, 0xf2, 0xdd, 0xdd, 0xfd, 0x85, 0x86, 0xc7, 0xf9, 0xc4, 0xc9, 0xf4, 0xf8,
      0xd4, 0xd9, 0xe6, 0xd2, 0xf6, 0xc1, 0xc1, 0xf9, 0xe0, 0xe4, 0xf7, 0xe4, 0xfd, 0xf1, 0xf6, 0xfc,
      0xe1, 0x84, 0xe4, 0xd1, 0xed, 0xfe, 0xdb, 0xe8, 0xdd, 0xe1, 0x85, 0xd0, 0xc5, 0xd2, 0x8a, 0x8e,
      0xd5, 0xdd, 0xe3, 0xdb, 0xd0, 0xe1, 0xd0, 0xf6, 0xc6, 0xee, 0xe6, 0xf7, 0xda, 0xf1, 0xdb, 0xc9,
      0x8b, 0xee, 0xcd, 0xdf, 0xff, 0xe8, 0xdd, 0xca, 0x82, 0xdb, 0xf1, 0x82, 0xc3, 0xed, 0xc9, 0xcc,
      0xc0, 0xf2, 0xd6, 0xdf, 0x83, 0xe9, 0xf3, 0xce, 0xea, 0xfa, 0xdf, 0xf8, 0xd9, 0xff, 0xec, 0x88,
      0xe4, 0xe4, 0xfd, 0x80, 0xc5, 0xce, 0xfa, 0xd2, 0xf4, 0xd8, 0x84, 0xff, 0xe5, 0xf3, 0xcb, 0xc2,
      0xfe, 0xc0, 0xc4, 0xfa, 0xde, 0xdd, 0xd5, 0xc9, 0xc5, 0xd5, 0xdf, 0xe3, 0xdd, 0xc1, 0xcb, 0xdd,
      0xfc, 0xf7, 0x83, 0xf8, 0xda, 0xc1, 0xd4, 0xe3, 0xfe, 0xc2, 0xef, 0xf8, 0xf2, 0xea, 0x8a, 0xd2,
      0xc7, 0xf2, 0xf0, 0xc2, 0xfb, 0x89, 0xdc, 0xeb, 0xd1, 0xf7, 0xcc, 0xe2, 0xd1, 0xfc, 0xd4, 0xce,
      0xea, 0xcd, 0xe4, 0x87, 0xe0, 0xcc, 0x8d, 0xf5, 0xc7, 0x85, 0x87, 0xda, 0xcf, 0xde, 0x89, 0xcd,
      0xe5, 0xfd, 0xe7, 0x83, 0xda, 0xdb, 0xfe, 0xf4, 0x84, 0xec, 0xf6, 0xee, 0xfd, 0xea, 0xf1, 0xf5,
      0xf5, 0xfc, 0xe6, 0xd0, 0x86, 0xdf, 0xc3, 0xe2, 0xe4, 0xd5, 0xd7, 0xe4, 0xe4, 0xce, 0xd4, 0xce,
      0x82, 0xda, 0xc7, 0xda, 0x80, 0xcb, 0xee, 0x8c, 0xd0, 0xde, 0xcd, 0xda, 0xdd, 0xcd, 0xcc, 0xeb,
      0xd2, 0xc3, 0xfc, 0xf2, 0xf6, 0xe9, 0xf8, 0xf8
  };

The ciphertext is encrypted by XOR encryption where XOR key is

  \xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba

Request Code

It is a Base64 string that represents 256-bytes-long data, while the 256-bytes-long data is the ciphertext of Offline Activation Request Information encrypted by Navicat Activation Public Key.

Offline Activation Request Information

It is just a JSON-style UTF-8 string which contains 3 items. Respectively they are "K", "DI" and "P", which represent snKey, DeviceIdentifier, Platform.

Example:

  { "K": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "P": "Mac 10.13", "DI": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" }

Activation Code

It is a Base64 string that represents 256-bytes-long data, while the 256-bytes-long data is the ciphertext of Offline Activation Response Information encrypted by Navicat Activation Private Key which, so far, we don't know.

Offline Activation Response Information

Just like Offline Activation Request Information, it is also a JSON-style UTF-8 string. But it contains 5 items. Respectively they are "K", "N", "O", "T", 'DI'.

"K" and "DI" has the same meaning mentioned in Offline Activation Request Information and must be same with the corresponding items in Offline Activation Request Information.

"N", "O", "T" represent Name, Organization, Time respectively. Name and Organization are string and the type of Time can be string or integer (Thanks for discoveries from @Wizr, issue #10).

Differ from Navicat Windows version, "T" is mandatory and must have -1 ~ +4 days difference from current time.

Example:

  {  
    "DI" : "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",  
    "T" : "1515770827.925012",  
    "K" : "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",  
    "N" : "DoubleLabyrinth",  
    "O" : "Shadow"  
  }

snKey

It is a 4-block-long string, while every block is 4-chars-long.

snKey is generated by 10-bytes-long data. In order to explain it easily, I use uint8_t data[10] to represent the 10-bytes-long data.

data[0] and data[1] must be 0x68 and 0x2A respectively.

These two bytes are Naivcat signature number.
data[2], data[3] and data[4] can be any byte. Just set them whatever you want.
data[5] and data[6] are related with your Navicat product language.

| Language | data[5] | data[6] | Discoverer | |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| | English | 0xAC | 0x88 | | | 简体中文 | 0xCE | 0x32 | | | 繁體中文 | 0xAA | 0x99 | | | 日本語 | 0xAD | 0x82 | @dragonflylee | | Polski | 0xBB | 0x55 | @dragonflylee | | Español | 0xAE | 0x10 | @dragonflylee | | Français | 0xFA | 0x20 | @Deltafox79 | | Deutsch | 0xB1 | 0x60 | @dragonflylee | | 한국어 | 0xB5 | 0x60 | @dragonflylee | | Русский | 0xEE | 0x16 | @dragonflylee | | Português | 0xCD | 0x49 | @dragonflylee |
data[7] is Navicat product ID. (Thanks @dragonflylee and @Deltafox79)

|Product Name |Enterprise|Standard|Educational|Essentials| |---------------------|:--------:|:------:|:---------:|:--------:| |Navicat Report Viewer|0x0B | | | | |Navicat Data Modeler | |0x47 |0x4A | | |Navicat Premium |0x65 | |0x66 |0x67 | |Navicat MySQL |0x68 |0x69 |0x6A |0x6B | |Navicat PostgreSQL |0x6C |0x6D |0x6E |0x6F | |Navicat Oracle |0x70 |0x71 |0x72 |0x73 | |Navicat SQL Server |0x74 |0x75 |0x76 |0x77 | |Navicat SQLite |0x78 |0x79 |0x7A |0x7B | |Navicat MariaDB |0x7C |0x7D |0x7E |0x7F | |Navicat MongoDB |0x80 |0x81 |0x82 | |
High 4 bits of data[8] represents major version number.

Low 4 bits is unknown, but we can use it to delay activation deadline. Possible values are 0000 or 0001.

Example:

For Navicat 12 x64: High 4 bits must be 1100, which is the binary of number 12.
For Navicat 11 x64: High 4 bits must be 1011, which is the binary of number 11.
data[9] is unknown, but you can set it by 0xFD, 0xFC or 0xFB if you want to use not-for-resale license.

According to symbol information in Navicat 12 for Mac x64 version:
- 0xFB is Not-For-Resale-30-days license.
- 0xFC is Not-For-Resale-90-days license.
- 0xFD is Not-For-Resale-365-days license.
- 0xFE is Not-For-Resale license.
- 0xFF is Site license.

After that. Navicat use DES with ECB mode to encrypt the last 8 bytes which are from data[2] to data[9].

The DES key is:

  const uint8_t DESKey = { 0x64, 0xAD, 0xF3, 0x2F, 0xAE, 0xF2, 0x1A, 0x27 };

Then use Base32 to encode uint8_t data[10] whose encode table is

  // Thanks for discoveries from @Wizr, issue #10
  char EncodeTable[] = "ABCDEFGH8JKLMN9PQRSTUVWXYZ234567";

After encoding, you will get a 16-char-long string starting with "NAV".

Finally, divide the 16-char-long string to four 4-chars-long blocks and join them with "-" then you will get snKey.

2. Activation Process

Check whether snKey that user inputs is valid.
After user clicks Activate, Navicat will start online activation first. If fails, user can choose offline activation.
Navicat will use the snKey that user inputs and some information collected from user's machine to generate Offline Activation Request Information. Then Navicat will encrypt it by Navicat Activation Public Key and return a Base64-encoded string as Request Code.
In legal way, the Request Code should be sent to Navicat official activation server by a Internet-accessible computer. And Navicat official activation server will return a legal Activation Code.

But now, we use keygen to play the official activation server's role.

According to the Request Code, get "DI" value and "K" value.
Fill Offline Activation Response Information with "K" value, name, organization name, "DI" value and "T" value.
Encrypt Offline Activation Response Information by Navicat Activation Private Key and you will get 256-byte-long data.
Encode the 256-byte-long data by Base64. The result is Activation Code.
After user input Activation Code, offline activation is done successfully.

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Navicat Keygen - How does it work?

1. Keyword Explanation.

2. Activation Process

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