Namespace:
System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public KeyContainerName As String
Dim instance As CspParameters
Dim value As String
value = instance.KeyContainerName
instance.KeyContainerName = value
public string KeyContainerName
public:
String^ KeyContainerName
public var KeyContainerName : String
Use the KeyContainerName field to specify a name for your key container. You can use the container name to retrieve the persisted key within that container.
For more information about creating key containers, see How to: Store Asymmetric Keys in a Key Container.
The following code example creates a key container using the CspParameters class and saves the key in the container.
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Public Class StoreKey
Public Shared Sub Main()
' creates the CspParameters object and sets the key container name used to store the RSA key pair
Dim cp As New CspParameters()
cp.KeyContainerName = "MyKeyContainerName"
' instantiates the rsa instance accessing the key container MyKeyContainerName
Dim rsa As New RSACryptoServiceProvider(cp)
' add the below line to delete the key entry in MyKeyContainerName
' rsa.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
'writes out the current key pair used in the rsa instance
Console.WriteLine("Key is : " & rsa.ToXmlString(True))
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'StoreKey
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
public class StoreKey
{
public static void Main()
{
// creates the CspParameters object and sets the key container name used to store the RSA key pair
CspParameters cp = new CspParameters();
cp.KeyContainerName = "MyKeyContainerName";
// instantiates the rsa instance accessing the key container MyKeyContainerName
RSACryptoServiceProvider rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(cp);
// add the below line to delete the key entry in MyKeyContainerName
// rsa.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
//writes out the current key pair used in the rsa instance
Console.WriteLine("Key is : \n" + rsa.ToXmlString(true));
}
}
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
int main()
{
// creates the CspParameters object and sets the key container name used to store the RSA key pair
CspParameters^ cp = gcnew CspParameters;
cp->KeyContainerName = "MyKeyContainerName";
// instantiates the rsa instance accessing the key container MyKeyContainerName
RSACryptoServiceProvider^ rsa = gcnew RSACryptoServiceProvider( cp );
// add the below line to delete the key entry in MyKeyContainerName
// rsa.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
//writes out the current key pair used in the rsa instance
Console::WriteLine( "Key is : \n{0}", rsa->ToXmlString( true ) );
}
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
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