TripleDES Class
Updated: February 2009
Represents the base class for Triple Data Encryption Standard algorithms from which all TripleDES implementations must derive.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
TripleDES uses three successive iterations of the DES algorithm. It can use either two or three 56-bit keys.
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TripleDES has been superseded by the Aes algorithm and its derived classes. Aes offers better security and performance than TripleDES. Use TripleDES only for compatibility with legacy applications and data. |
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.
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
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.
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A newer symmetric encryption algorithm, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), is available. Consider using the Aes class instead of the TripleDES class. |
System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm
System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDES
System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider
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