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SymmetricAlgorithm.Create Method (String)

.NET Framework 4.5

Creates the specified cryptographic object used to perform the symmetric algorithm.

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public static SymmetricAlgorithm Create(
	string algName
)

Parameters

algName: Type: System.String
The name of the specific implementation of the SymmetricAlgorithm class to use.

Return Value

Type: System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm
A cryptographic object used to perform the symmetric algorithm.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

SymmetricAlgorithm Class

Create Overload

System.Security.Cryptography Namespace

Other Resources

Cryptographic Services

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