diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/EditBean.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/EditBean.java
index fa108a0b8..e8bd2e49d 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/EditBean.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/EditBean.java
@@ -294,19 +294,23 @@ public class EditBean extends IndexBean {
      *  @since 0.9.18
      */
     public String getKey1(int tunnel) {
-        return _helper.getInboundRandomKey(tunnel);
+        String v = _helper.getInboundRandomKey(tunnel);
+        return encrypt(tunnel, "inbound.randomKey", v);
     }
 
     public String getKey2(int tunnel) {
-        return _helper.getOutboundRandomKey(tunnel);
+        String v = _helper.getOutboundRandomKey(tunnel);
+        return encrypt(tunnel, "outbound.randomKey", v);
     }
 
     public String getKey3(int tunnel) {
-        return _helper.getLeaseSetSigningPrivateKey(tunnel);
+        String v = _helper.getLeaseSetSigningPrivateKey(tunnel);
+        return encrypt(tunnel, "i2cp.leaseSetSigningPrivateKey", v);
     }
 
     public String getKey4(int tunnel) {
-        return _helper.getLeaseSetPrivateKey(tunnel);
+        String v = _helper.getLeaseSetPrivateKey(tunnel);
+        return encrypt(tunnel, "i2cp.leaseSetPrivateKey", v);
     }
 
     /** @since 0.8.9 */
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/IndexBean.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/IndexBean.java
index 0d0425b5f..00cf3ec48 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/IndexBean.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/web/IndexBean.java
@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@ package net.i2p.i2ptunnel.web;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import net.i2p.I2PAppContext;
 import net.i2p.I2PException;
 import net.i2p.app.ClientAppManager;
 import net.i2p.app.Outproxy;
+import net.i2p.crypto.ChaCha20;
 import net.i2p.crypto.Blinding;
 import net.i2p.data.Base64;
 import net.i2p.data.Certificate;
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ public class IndexBean {
     /** store nonces in a static FIFO instead of in System Properties @since 0.8.1 */
     private static final List<String> _nonces = new ArrayList<String>(MAX_NONCES + 1);
     private static final UIMessages _messages = new UIMessages(100);
+    private static final Map<Integer, SessionKey> _formKeys = new HashMap<Integer, SessionKey>();
 
     private static final String PROP_THEME_NAME = "routerconsole.theme";
     private static final String DEFAULT_THEME = "light";
@@ -1252,21 +1256,92 @@ public class IndexBean {
      *  @since 0.9.18
      */
     public void setKey1(String s) {
+        s = decrypt("inbound.randomKey", s);
         _config.setInboundRandomKey(s);
     }
 
     public void setKey2(String s) {
+        s = decrypt("outbound.randomKey", s);
         _config.setOutboundRandomKey(s);
     }
 
     public void setKey3(String s) {
+        s = decrypt("i2cp.leaseSetSigningPrivateKey", s);
         _config.setLeaseSetSigningPrivateKey(s);
     }
 
     public void setKey4(String s) {
+        s = decrypt("i2cp.leaseSetPrivateKey", s);
         _config.setLeaseSetPrivateKey(s);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *  Decrypt a property using an in-memory key, for
+     *  interaction with the UI only, using ChaCha20.
+     *  IV is SHA256(k).
+     *
+     *  These are transient keys by design, but are persisted
+     *  to hide restarts. They are hidden inputs in the edit form.
+     *  Storage in config files is not encrypted.
+     *
+     *  @param k non-null
+     *  @param v Base64, or empty, or null
+     *  @since 0.9.46
+     */
+    private String decrypt(String k, String v) {
+        if (v == null || v.length() <= 0)
+            return v;
+        byte[] enc = Base64.decode(v);
+        if (enc == null)
+            return null;
+        SessionKey key;
+        synchronized(_formKeys) {
+            key = _formKeys.get(Integer.valueOf(_tunnel));
+        }
+        if (key == null)
+            return null;
+        byte[] kb = DataHelper.getUTF8(k);
+        byte[] iv = new byte[32];
+        _context.sha().calculateHash(kb, 0, kb.length, iv, 0);
+        ChaCha20.decrypt(key.getData(), iv, enc, 0, enc, 0, enc.length);
+        return DataHelper.getUTF8(enc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Encrypt a property using an in-memory key, for
+     *  interaction with the UI only, using ChaCha20.
+     *  IV is SHA256(k).
+     *
+     *  These are transient keys by design, but are persisted
+     *  to hide restarts. They are hidden inputs in the edit form.
+     *  Storage in config files is not encrypted.
+     *
+     *  @param k non-null
+     *  @param v may be empty or null
+     *  @return Base64, or empty, or null
+     *  @since 0.9.46
+     */
+    protected String encrypt(int tunnel, String k, String v) {
+        if (v == null || v.length() <= 0)
+            return v;
+        byte[] dec = DataHelper.getUTF8(v);
+        SessionKey key;
+        synchronized(_formKeys) {
+            key = _formKeys.get(Integer.valueOf(tunnel));
+            if (key == null) {
+                byte[] keyb = new byte[32];
+                _context.random().nextBytes(keyb);
+                key = new SessionKey(keyb);
+                _formKeys.put(Integer.valueOf(tunnel), key);
+            }
+        }
+        byte[] kb = DataHelper.getUTF8(k);
+        byte[] iv = new byte[32];
+        _context.sha().calculateHash(kb, 0, kb.length, iv, 0);
+        ChaCha20.encrypt(key.getData(), iv, dec, 0, dec, 0, dec.length);
+        return Base64.encode(dec);
+    }
+
     /** Modify or create a destination */
     private String modifyDestination() {
         String privKeyFile = _config.getPrivKeyFile();
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.jsp b/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.jsp
index f21c6a53b..2ead27d2f 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.jsp
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.jsp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 %><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <jsp:useBean class="net.i2p.i2ptunnel.web.IndexBean" id="indexBean" scope="request" />
+<jsp:setProperty name="indexBean" property="tunnel" /><%-- must be set before key1-4 --%>
 <jsp:setProperty name="indexBean" property="*" />
 <jsp:useBean class="net.i2p.i2ptunnel.ui.Messages" id="intl" scope="request" />
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">