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TripleDES Class

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TripleDES Class

Updated: February 2009

Represents the base class for Triple Data Encryption Standard algorithms from which all TripleDES implementations must derive.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public MustInherit Class TripleDES _
    Inherits SymmetricAlgorithm
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As TripleDES
C#
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class TripleDES : SymmetricAlgorithm
Visual C++
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class TripleDES abstract : public SymmetricAlgorithm
JScript
public abstract class TripleDES extends SymmetricAlgorithm

TripleDES uses three successive iterations of the DES algorithm. It can use either two or three 56-bit keys.

This algorithm supports key lengths from 128 bits to 192 bits in increments of 64 bits.

The following code example method uses TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider 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.

Visual Basic
Private Shared Sub EncryptData(inName As String, outName As String, _
   tdesKey() As Byte, tdesIV() As Byte)

    'Create the file streams to handle the input and output files.
    Dim fin As New FileStream(inName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
    Dim fout As New FileStream(outName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, _
       FileAccess.Write)
    fout.SetLength(0)

    'Create variables to help with read and write.
    Dim bin(100) As Byte 'This is intermediate storage for the encryption.
    Dim rdlen As Long = 0 'This is the total number of bytes written.
    Dim totlen As Long = fin.Length 'This is the total length of the input file.
    Dim len As Integer 'This is the number of bytes to be written at a time.
    Dim tdes As New TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider()
    Dim encStream As New CryptoStream(fout, _
       tdes.CreateEncryptor(tdesKey, tdesIV), 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)
    End While

    encStream.Close()
End Sub

C#
private static void EncryptData(String inName, String outName, byte[] tdesKey, byte[] tdesIV)
{    
    //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.

    TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();          
    CryptoStream encStream = new CryptoStream(fout, tdes.CreateEncryptor(tdesKey, tdesIV), 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();                     
}

Visual C++
void EncryptData( String^ inName, String^ outName, array<Byte>^tdesKey, array<Byte>^tdesIV )
{

   //Create the file streams to handle the input and output files.
   FileStream^ fin = gcnew FileStream( inName,FileMode::Open,FileAccess::Read );
   FileStream^ fout = gcnew FileStream( outName,FileMode::OpenOrCreate,FileAccess::Write );
   fout->SetLength( 0 );

   //Create variables to help with read and write.
   array<Byte>^bin = gcnew array<Byte>(100);
   long rdlen = 0; //This is the total number of bytes written.

   long totlen = (long)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.

   TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider^ tdes = gcnew TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider;
   CryptoStream^ encStream = gcnew CryptoStream( fout,tdes->CreateEncryptor( tdesKey, tdesIV ),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();
}


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.

NoteNote:

A newer symmetric encryption algorithm, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), is available. Consider using the Aes class instead of the TripleDES class.

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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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

Date

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Reason

February 2009

Added note about newer AES algorithm.

Information enhancement.

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