PasswordDeriveBytes Class

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public class PasswordDeriveBytes : DeriveBytes

/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public class PasswordDeriveBytes extends DeriveBytes

ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public class PasswordDeriveBytes extends DeriveBytes

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

public class PasswordDerivedBytesExample
{

    public static void Main(String[] args)
    {

        // Get a password from the user.
        Console.WriteLine("Enter a password to produce a key:");

        //********************************************************
        //* Security Note: Never hard-code a password within your
        //* source code.  Hard-coded passwords can be retrieved 
        //* from a compiled assembly.
        //********************************************************

        byte[] pwd = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(Console.ReadLine());

        byte[] salt = createRandomSalt(7);

        // Create a TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider object.
        TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();

        try
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Creating a key with PasswordDeriveBytes...");

            // Create a PasswordDeriveBytes object and then create 
            // a TripleDES key from the password and salt.
            PasswordDeriveBytes pdb = new PasswordDeriveBytes(pwd, salt);

            // Create the key and add it to the Key property.
            tdes.Key = pdb.CryptDeriveKey("TripleDES", "SHA1", 192, tdes.IV);

            Console.WriteLine("Operation complete.");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            // Clear the buffers
            clearBytes(pwd);
            clearBytes(salt);

            // Clear the key.
            tdes.Clear();
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    //********************************************************
    //* Helper methods:
    //* createRandomSalt: Generates a random salt value of the 
    //*                   specified length.  
    //*
    //* clearBytes: Clear the bytes in a buffer so they can't 
    //*             later be read from memory.
    //********************************************************

    public static byte[] createRandomSalt(int Length)
    {
        // Create a buffer
        byte[] randBytes;

        if (Length >= 1)
        {
            randBytes = new byte[Length];
        }
        else
        {
            randBytes = new byte[1];
        }

        // Create a new RNGCryptoServiceProvider.
        RNGCryptoServiceProvider rand = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();

        // Fill the buffer with random bytes.
        rand.GetBytes(randBytes);

        // return the bytes.
        return randBytes;
    }

    public static void clearBytes(byte[] Buffer)
    {
        // Check arguments.
        if (Buffer == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentException("Buffer");
        }

        // Set each byte in the buffer to 0.
        for (int x = 0; x <= Buffer.Length - 1; x++)
        {
            Buffer[x] = 0;
        }
    }
}