Represents the base class from which all implementations of the Rijndael symmetric encryption algorithm must inherit.
Namespace:
System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public MustInherit Class Rijndael _
Inherits SymmetricAlgorithm
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class Rijndael : SymmetricAlgorithm
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class Rijndael abstract : public SymmetricAlgorithm
public abstract class Rijndael extends SymmetricAlgorithm
This algorithm supports key lengths of 128, 192, or 256 bits.
The following code example uses the Rijndael class to encrypt and then decrypt data.
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Module RijndaelSample
Sub Main()
Try
' Create a new Rijndael object to generate a key
' and initialization vector (IV).
Dim RijndaelAlg As Rijndael = Rijndael.Create
' Create a string to encrypt.
Dim sData As String = "Here is some data to encrypt."
Dim FileName As String = "CText.txt"
' Encrypt text to a file using the file name, key, and IV.
EncryptTextToFile(sData, FileName, RijndaelAlg.Key, RijndaelAlg.IV)
' Decrypt the text from a file using the file name, key, and IV.
Dim Final As String = DecryptTextFromFile(FileName, RijndaelAlg.Key, RijndaelAlg.IV)
' Display the decrypted string to the console.
Console.WriteLine(Final)
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
Sub EncryptTextToFile(ByVal Data As String, ByVal FileName As String, ByVal Key() As Byte, ByVal IV() As Byte)
Try
' Create or open the specified file.
Dim fStream As FileStream = File.Open(FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate)
' Create a new Rijndael object.
Dim RijndaelAlg As Rijndael = Rijndael.Create
' Create a CryptoStream using the FileStream
' and the passed key and initialization vector (IV).
Dim cStream As New CryptoStream(fStream, _
RijndaelAlg.CreateEncryptor(Key, IV), _
CryptoStreamMode.Write)
' Create a StreamWriter using the CryptoStream.
Dim sWriter As New StreamWriter(cStream)
Try
' Write the data to the stream
' to encrypt it.
sWriter.WriteLine(Data)
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: {0}", e.Message)
Finally
' Close the streams and
' close the file.
sWriter.Close()
cStream.Close()
fStream.Close()
End Try
Catch e As CryptographicException
Console.WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e.Message)
Catch e As UnauthorizedAccessException
Console.WriteLine("A file error occurred: {0}", e.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Function DecryptTextFromFile(ByVal FileName As String, ByVal Key() As Byte, ByVal IV() As Byte) As String
Try
' Create or open the specified file.
Dim fStream As FileStream = File.Open(FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate)
' Create a new Rijndael object.
Dim RijndaelAlg As Rijndael = Rijndael.Create
' Create a CryptoStream using the FileStream
' and the passed key and initialization vector (IV).
Dim cStream As New CryptoStream(fStream, _
RijndaelAlg.CreateDecryptor(Key, IV), _
CryptoStreamMode.Read)
' Create a StreamReader using the CryptoStream.
Dim sReader As New StreamReader(cStream)
' Read the data from the stream
' to decrypt it.
Dim val As String = Nothing
Try
val = sReader.ReadLine()
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("An Cerror occurred: {0}", e.Message)
Finally
' Close the streams and
' close the file.
sReader.Close()
cStream.Close()
fStream.Close()
End Try
' Return the string.
Return val
Catch e As CryptographicException
Console.WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e.Message)
Return Nothing
Catch e As UnauthorizedAccessException
Console.WriteLine("A file error occurred: {0}", e.Message)
Return Nothing
End Try
End Function
End Module
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
class RijndaelSample
{
static void Main()
{
try
{
// Create a new Rijndael object to generate a key
// and initialization vector (IV).
Rijndael RijndaelAlg = Rijndael.Create();
// Create a string to encrypt.
string sData = "Here is some data to encrypt.";
string FileName = "CText.txt";
// Encrypt text to a file using the file name, key, and IV.
EncryptTextToFile(sData, FileName, RijndaelAlg.Key, RijndaelAlg.IV);
// Decrypt the text from a file using the file name, key, and IV.
string Final = DecryptTextFromFile(FileName, RijndaelAlg.Key, RijndaelAlg.IV);
// Display the decrypted string to the console.
Console.WriteLine(Final);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
public static void EncryptTextToFile(String Data, String FileName, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
try
{
// Create or open the specified file.
FileStream fStream = File.Open(FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
// Create a new Rijndael object.
Rijndael RijndaelAlg = Rijndael.Create();
// Create a CryptoStream using the FileStream
// and the passed key and initialization vector (IV).
CryptoStream cStream = new CryptoStream(fStream,
RijndaelAlg.CreateEncryptor(Key, IV),
CryptoStreamMode.Write);
// Create a StreamWriter using the CryptoStream.
StreamWriter sWriter = new StreamWriter(cStream);
try
{
// Write the data to the stream
// to encrypt it.
sWriter.WriteLine(Data);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
}
finally
{
// Close the streams and
// close the file.
sWriter.Close();
cStream.Close();
fStream.Close();
}
}
catch (CryptographicException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("A file error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
}
}
public static string DecryptTextFromFile(String FileName, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
try
{
// Create or open the specified file.
FileStream fStream = File.Open(FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
// Create a new Rijndael object.
Rijndael RijndaelAlg = Rijndael.Create();
// Create a CryptoStream using the FileStream
// and the passed key and initialization vector (IV).
CryptoStream cStream = new CryptoStream(fStream,
RijndaelAlg.CreateDecryptor(Key, IV),
CryptoStreamMode.Read);
// Create a StreamReader using the CryptoStream.
StreamReader sReader = new StreamReader(cStream);
string val = null;
try
{
// Read the data from the stream
// to decrypt it.
val = sReader.ReadLine();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
}
finally
{
// Close the streams and
// close the file.
sReader.Close();
cStream.Close();
fStream.Close();
}
// Return the string.
return val;
}
catch (CryptographicException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
return null;
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("A file error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
return null;
}
}
}
System..::.Object
System.Security.Cryptography..::.SymmetricAlgorithm
System.Security.Cryptography..::.Rijndael
System.Security.Cryptography..::.RijndaelManaged
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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.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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