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AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter Class

Represents the base class from which all asymmetric key exchange deformatters derive.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter

The AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter Initializes a new instance of AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter.
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  Name Description
Public property Parameters When overridden in a derived class, gets or sets the parameters for the asymmetric key exchange.
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  Name Description
Public method DecryptKeyExchange When overridden in a derived class, extracts secret information from the encrypted key exchange data.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method SetKey When overridden in a derived class, sets the private key to use for decrypting the secret information.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Asymmetric key exchange deformatters decrypt key exchange data.

Key exchange allows a sender to create secret information, such as random data that can be used as a key in a symmetric encryption algorithm, and use encryption to send it to the intended recipient.

Caution note Caution

It is highly recommended that you not attempt to create your own key exchange method from the basic functionality provided, because many details of the operation must be performed carefully in order for the key exchange to be successful.

The following example demonstrates how to extend the AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter class.


using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace Contoso
{
    public class ContosoDeformatter : AsymmetricKeyExchangeDeformatter 
    {
        private RSA rsaKey;

        // Default constructor.
        public ContosoDeformatter(){}

        // Constructor with the public key to use for decryption.
        public ContosoDeformatter(AsymmetricAlgorithm key) 
        {
            SetKey(key);
        }

        // Set the public key for encyption operations.
        public override void SetKey(AsymmetricAlgorithm key) 
        {
            if (key != null) 
            {
                rsaKey = (RSA) key;            }
            else 
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("key");
            }
        }

        // Disallow access to the parameters of the formatter.
        public override String Parameters 
        {
            get { return null; }
            set { ; }
        }

        // Create the encrypted key exchange data from the specified input
        // data. This method uses the RSACryptoServiceProvider only. To
        // support additional providers or provide custom decryption logic,
        // add logic to this member.
        public override byte[] DecryptKeyExchange(byte[] rgbData) 
        {
            byte[] decryptedBytes = null;

            if (rsaKey != null)
            {
                if (rsaKey is RSACryptoServiceProvider) 
                {
                    RSACryptoServiceProvider serviceProvder = 
                        (RSACryptoServiceProvider) rsaKey;

                    decryptedBytes = serviceProvder.Decrypt(rgbData, true);
                } 
                // Add custom decryption logic here.
            }
            else 
            {
                throw new CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException(
                    "Cryptography_MissingKey");
            }

            return decryptedBytes;
        }
    }
}
//
// This code example produces the following output:
//
// Data to encrypt : Sample Contoso encryption application.
// Encrypted data: Khasdf-3248&$%23
// Data decrypted : Sample Contoso encryption application.
// 
// This sample completed successfully; press Enter to exit.


.NET Framework

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

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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