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SymmetricAlgorithm.GenerateIV Method

.NET Framework 4.5

When overridden in a derived class, generates a random initialization vector (IV) to use for the algorithm.

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public abstract void GenerateIV()

Remarks

In general, there is no reason to use this method, because CreateEncryptor() or CreateEncryptor(null, null) automatically generates both an initialization vector and a key. However, you may want to use the GenerateIV method to reuse a symmetric algorithm instance with a different initialization vector.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

SymmetricAlgorithm Class

System.Security.Cryptography Namespace

Other Resources

Cryptographic Services

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