Rfc2898DeriveBytes.IterationCount Property

//The default iteration count is 1000 so the two methods use the same iteration count.
int myIterations = 1000;
try
{
    Rfc2898DeriveBytes k1 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(pwd1, salt1, myIterations);
    Rfc2898DeriveBytes k2 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(pwd1, salt1);
    // Encrypt the data.
    TripleDES encAlg = TripleDES.Create();
    encAlg.Key = k1.GetBytes(16);
    MemoryStream encryptionStream = new MemoryStream();
    CryptoStream encrypt = new CryptoStream(encryptionStream, encAlg.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write);
    byte[] utfD1 = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding(false).GetBytes(data1);

    encrypt.Write(utfD1, 0, utfD1.Length);
    encrypt.FlushFinalBlock();
    encrypt.Close();
    byte[] edata1 = encryptionStream.ToArray();
    k1.Reset();

    // Try to decrypt, thus showing it can be round-tripped.
    TripleDES decAlg = TripleDES.Create();
    decAlg.Key = k2.GetBytes(16);
    decAlg.IV = encAlg.IV;
    MemoryStream decryptionStreamBacking = new MemoryStream();
    CryptoStream decrypt = new CryptoStream(decryptionStreamBacking, decAlg.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write);
    decrypt.Write(edata1, 0, edata1.Length);
    decrypt.Flush();
    decrypt.Close();
    k2.Reset();
    string data2 = new UTF8Encoding(false).GetString(decryptionStreamBacking.ToArray());

    if (!data1.Equals(data2))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Error: The two values are not equal.");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("The two values are equal.");
        Console.WriteLine("k1 iterations: {0}", k1.IterationCount);
        Console.WriteLine("k2 iterations: {0}", k2.IterationCount);
    }