Accesses the managed version of the Rijndael algorithm. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace:
System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class RijndaelManaged _
Inherits Rijndael
Dim instance As RijndaelManaged
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class RijndaelManaged : Rijndael
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class RijndaelManaged sealed : public Rijndael
public final class RijndaelManaged extends Rijndael
This algorithm supports key lengths of 128, 192, or 256 bits.
The following example demonstrates how to encrypt and decrypt sample data using the RijndaelManaged class.
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Module RijndaelMemoryExample
Sub Main()
Try
Dim original As String = "Here is some data to encrypt!"
' Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
' class. This generates a new key and initialization
' vector (IV).
Dim myRijndael As New RijndaelManaged()
' Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
Dim encrypted As Byte() = encryptStringToBytes_AES(original, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV)
' Decrypt the bytes to a string.
Dim roundtrip As String = decryptStringFromBytes_AES(encrypted, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV)
'Display the original data and the decrypted data.
Console.WriteLine("Original: {0}", original)
Console.WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip)
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Function encryptStringToBytes_AES(ByVal plainText As String, ByVal Key() As Byte, ByVal IV() As Byte) As Byte()
' Check arguments.
If plainText Is Nothing OrElse plainText.Length <= 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("plainText")
End If
If Key Is Nothing OrElse Key.Length <= 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("Key")
End If
If IV Is Nothing OrElse IV.Length <= 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("Key")
End If
' Declare the RijndaelManaged object
' used to encrypt the data.
Dim aesAlg As RijndaelManaged = Nothing
' Declare the stream used to encrypt to an in memory
' array of bytes.
Dim msEncrypt As MemoryStream = Nothing
Try
' Create a RijndaelManaged object
' with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = New RijndaelManaged()
aesAlg.Key = Key
aesAlg.IV = IV
' Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
Dim encryptor As ICryptoTransform = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV)
' Create the streams used for encryption.
msEncrypt = New MemoryStream()
Using csEncrypt As New CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)
Using swEncrypt As New StreamWriter(csEncrypt)
'Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt.Write(plainText)
End Using
End Using
Finally
' Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
If Not (aesAlg Is Nothing) Then
aesAlg.Clear()
End If
End Try
' Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
Return msEncrypt.ToArray()
End Function
Function decryptStringFromBytes_AES(ByVal cipherText() As Byte, ByVal Key() As Byte, ByVal IV() As Byte) As String
' Check arguments.
If cipherText Is Nothing OrElse cipherText.Length <= 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("cipherText")
End If
If Key Is Nothing OrElse Key.Length <= 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("Key")
End If
If IV Is Nothing OrElse IV.Length <= 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("Key")
End If
' Declare the RijndaelManaged object
' used to decrypt the data.
Dim aesAlg As RijndaelManaged = Nothing
' Declare the string used to hold
' the decrypted text.
Dim plaintext As String = Nothing
Try
' Create a RijndaelManaged object
' with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = New RijndaelManaged()
aesAlg.Key = Key
aesAlg.IV = IV
' Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
Dim decryptor As ICryptoTransform = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV)
' Create the streams used for decryption.
Using msDecrypt As New MemoryStream(cipherText)
Using csDecrypt As New CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read)
Using srDecrypt As New StreamReader(csDecrypt)
' Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
' and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd()
End Using
End Using
End Using
Finally
' Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
If Not (aesAlg Is Nothing) Then
aesAlg.Clear()
End If
End Try
Return plaintext
End Function
End Module
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace RijndaelManaged_Examples
{
class RijndaelMemoryExample
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
string original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";
// Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
// class. This generates a new key and initialization
// vector (IV).
RijndaelManaged myRijndael = new RijndaelManaged();
// Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
byte[] encrypted = encryptStringToBytes_AES(original, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
// Decrypt the bytes to a string.
string roundtrip = decryptStringFromBytes_AES(encrypted, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
//Display the original data and the decrypted data.
Console.WriteLine("Original: {0}", original);
Console.WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.Message);
}
}
static byte[] encryptStringToBytes_AES(string plainText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (plainText == null || plainText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
// Declare the stream used to encrypt to an in memory
// array of bytes.
MemoryStream msEncrypt = null;
// Declare the RijndaelManaged object
// used to encrypt the data.
RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;
try
{
// Create a RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
aesAlg.Key = Key;
aesAlg.IV = IV;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for encryption.
msEncrypt = new MemoryStream();
using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
{
//Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
}
}
}
finally
{
// Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
if (aesAlg != null)
aesAlg.Clear();
}
// Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
return msEncrypt.ToArray();
}
static string decryptStringFromBytes_AES(byte[] cipherText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (cipherText == null || cipherText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
// Declare the RijndaelManaged object
// used to decrypt the data.
RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
string plaintext = null;
try
{
// Create a RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
aesAlg.Key = Key;
aesAlg.IV = IV;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
finally
{
// Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
if (aesAlg != null)
aesAlg.Clear();
}
return plaintext;
}
}
}
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
class RijndaelMemoryExample
{
public:
static array<Byte> ^ encryptStringToBytes_AES(String^ plainText, array<Byte> ^ Key, array<Byte> ^ IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (!plainText || plainText->Length <= 0)
throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("plainText");
if (!Key || Key->Length <= 0)
throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (!IV || IV->Length <= 0)
throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("Key");
// Declare the streams used
// to encrypt to an in memory
// array of bytes.
MemoryStream ^ msEncrypt;
CryptoStream ^ csEncrypt;
StreamWriter ^ swEncrypt;
// Declare the RijndaelManaged object
// used to encrypt the data.
RijndaelManaged ^ aesAlg;
try
{
// Create a RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = gcnew RijndaelManaged();
aesAlg->Padding = PaddingMode::PKCS7;
aesAlg->Key = Key;
aesAlg->IV = IV;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform ^ encryptor = aesAlg->CreateEncryptor(aesAlg->Key, aesAlg->IV);
// Create the streams used for encryption.
msEncrypt = gcnew MemoryStream();
csEncrypt = gcnew CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode::Write);
swEncrypt = gcnew StreamWriter(csEncrypt);
//Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt->Write(plainText);
swEncrypt->Flush();
csEncrypt->FlushFinalBlock();
msEncrypt->Flush();
}
finally
{
// Clean things up.
// Close the streams.
if(swEncrypt)
swEncrypt->Close();
if (csEncrypt)
csEncrypt->Close();
// Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
if (aesAlg)
aesAlg->Clear();
}
// Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
return msEncrypt->ToArray();
}
static String ^ decryptStringFromBytes_AES(array<Byte> ^ cipherText, array<Byte> ^ Key, array<Byte> ^ IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (!cipherText || cipherText->Length <= 0)
throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (!Key || Key->Length <= 0)
throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (!IV || IV->Length <= 0)
throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("Key");
// TDeclare the streams used
// to decrypt to an in memory
// array of bytes.
MemoryStream ^ msDecrypt;
CryptoStream ^ csDecrypt;
StreamReader ^ srDecrypt;
// Declare the RijndaelManaged object
// used to decrypt the data.
RijndaelManaged ^ aesAlg;
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
String ^ plaintext;
try
{
// Create a RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = gcnew RijndaelManaged();
aesAlg->Padding = PaddingMode::PKCS7;
aesAlg->Key = Key;
aesAlg->IV = IV;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform ^ decryptor = aesAlg->CreateDecryptor(aesAlg->Key, aesAlg->IV);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
msDecrypt = gcnew MemoryStream(cipherText);
csDecrypt = gcnew CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode::Read);
srDecrypt = gcnew StreamReader(csDecrypt);
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt->ReadToEnd();
}
finally
{
// Clean things up.
// Close the streams.
if (srDecrypt)
srDecrypt->Close();
if (csDecrypt)
csDecrypt->Close();
if (msDecrypt)
msDecrypt->Close();
// Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
if (aesAlg)
aesAlg->Clear();
}
return plaintext;
}
};
int main()
{
try
{
String ^ original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";
// Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
// class. This generates a new key and initialization
// vector (IV).
RijndaelManaged ^ myRijndael = gcnew RijndaelManaged();
// Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
array<Byte> ^ encrypted = RijndaelMemoryExample::encryptStringToBytes_AES(original, myRijndael->Key, myRijndael->IV);
// Decrypt the bytes to a string.
String ^ roundtrip = RijndaelMemoryExample::decryptStringFromBytes_AES(encrypted, myRijndael->Key, myRijndael->IV);
//Display the original data and the decrypted data.
Console::WriteLine("Original: {0}", original);
Console::WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip);
}
catch (Exception ^ e)
{
Console::WriteLine("Error: {0}", e->Message);
}
return 0;
}
System..::.Object
System.Security.Cryptography..::.SymmetricAlgorithm
System.Security.Cryptography..::.Rijndael
System.Security.Cryptography..::.RijndaelManaged
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Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
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