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DESCryptoServiceProvider Class

Updated: May 2010

Defines a wrapper object to access the cryptographic service provider (CSP) version of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm. This class cannot be inherited.

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm
    System.Security.Cryptography.DES
      System.Security.Cryptography.DESCryptoServiceProvider

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class DESCryptoServiceProvider : DES

The DESCryptoServiceProvider type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method DESCryptoServiceProvider Initializes a new instance of the DESCryptoServiceProvider class.
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  Name Description
Public property BlockSize Gets or sets the block size, in bits, of the cryptographic operation. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property FeedbackSize Gets or sets the feedback size, in bits, of the cryptographic operation. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property IV Gets or sets the initialization vector (IV) for the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property Key Gets or sets the secret key for the Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm. (Inherited from DES.)
Public property KeySize Gets or sets the size, in bits, of the secret key used by the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property LegalBlockSizes Gets the block sizes, in bits, that are supported by the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property LegalKeySizes Gets the key sizes, in bits, that are supported by the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property Mode Gets or sets the mode for operation of the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public property Padding Gets or sets the padding mode used in the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
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  Name Description
Public method Clear Releases all resources used by the SymmetricAlgorithm class. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public method CreateDecryptor() Creates a symmetric decryptor object with the current Key property and initialization vector (IV). (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public method CreateDecryptor(Byte[], Byte[]) Creates a symmetric Data Encryption Standard (DES) decryptor object with the specified key (Key) and initialization vector (IV). (Overrides SymmetricAlgorithm.CreateDecryptor(Byte[], Byte[]).)
Public method CreateEncryptor() Creates a symmetric encryptor object with the current Key property and initialization vector (IV). (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Public method CreateEncryptor(Byte[], Byte[]) Creates a symmetric Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryptor object with the specified key (Key) and initialization vector (IV). (Overrides SymmetricAlgorithm.CreateEncryptor(Byte[], Byte[]).)
Public method Dispose() Releases all resources used by the current instance of the SymmetricAlgorithm class. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the SymmetricAlgorithm and optionally releases the managed resources. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
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 GenerateIV Generates a random initialization vector (IV) to use for the algorithm. (Overrides SymmetricAlgorithm.GenerateIV().)
Public method GenerateKey Generates a random key (Key) to be used for the algorithm. (Overrides SymmetricAlgorithm.GenerateKey().)
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 ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ValidKeySize Determines whether the specified key size is valid for the current algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
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  Name Description
Protected field BlockSizeValue Represents the block size, in bits, of the cryptographic operation. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field FeedbackSizeValue Represents the feedback size, in bits, of the cryptographic operation. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field IVValue Represents the initialization vector (IV) for the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field KeySizeValue Represents the size, in bits, of the secret key used by the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field KeyValue Represents the secret key for the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field LegalBlockSizesValue Specifies the block sizes, in bits, that are supported by the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field LegalKeySizesValue Specifies the key sizes, in bits, that are supported by the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field ModeValue Represents the cipher mode used in the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
Protected field PaddingValue Represents the padding mode used in the symmetric algorithm. (Inherited from SymmetricAlgorithm.)
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This algorithm supports a key length of 64 bits.

The following code example uses DESCryptoServiceProvider (an implementation of DES) with the specified key (Key) and initialization vector (IV) to encrypt a file specified by inName. It then outputs the encrypted result to the file specified by outName.


private static void EncryptData(String inName, String outName, byte[] desKey, byte[] desIV)
 {    
     //Create the file streams to handle the input and output files.
     FileStream fin = new FileStream(inName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
     FileStream fout = new FileStream(outName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);
     fout.SetLength(0);

     //Create variables to help with read and write.
     byte[] bin = new byte[100]; //This is intermediate storage for the encryption.
     long rdlen = 0;              //This is the total number of bytes written.
     long totlen = fin.Length;    //This is the total length of the input file.
     int len;                     //This is the number of bytes to be written at a time.

     DES des = new DESCryptoServiceProvider();          
     CryptoStream encStream = new CryptoStream(fout, des.CreateEncryptor(desKey, desIV), CryptoStreamMode.Write);

     Console.WriteLine("Encrypting...");

     //Read from the input file, then encrypt and write to the output file.
     while(rdlen < totlen)
     {
         len = fin.Read(bin, 0, 100);
         encStream.Write(bin, 0, len);
         rdlen = rdlen + len;
         Console.WriteLine("{0} bytes processed", rdlen);
     }

     encStream.Close();  
     fout.Close();
     fin.Close();                   
 }


Decryption can be handled in the same way; use CreateDecryptor instead of CreateEncryptor. The same key (Key) and initialization vector (IV) used to encrypt the file must be used to decrypt it.

.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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May 2010

Replaced example.

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