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KeyNumber Enumeration

Specifies whether to create an asymmetric signature key or an asymmetric exchange key.

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

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Enumeration KeyNumber
'Usage
Dim instance As KeyNumber

/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ 
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public enum KeyNumber
SerializableAttribute 
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public enum KeyNumber

 Member nameDescription
Supported by the .NET Compact FrameworkExchangeAn exchange key pair used to encrypt session keys so that they can be safely stored and exchanged with other users.  

This value corresponds to the AT_KEYEXCHANGE value used in the unmanaged Microsoft Cryptographic API (CAPI).

Supported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSignatureA signature key pair used for authenticating digitally signed messages or files. 

This value corresponds to the AT_SIGNATURE value used in the unmanaged Microsoft Cryptographic API (CAPI).

Use the KeyNumber enumeration with the KeyNumber property to inspect a key type or with the KeyNumber field to specify a key type.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the KeyNumber enumeration to specify a key type for an RSACryptoServiceProvider object.

' Create a new CspParameters object.
Dim cspParams As New CspParameters()

' Specify an exchange key.
cspParams.KeyNumber = Fix(KeyNumber.Exchange)

' Initialize the RSACryptoServiceProvider  
' with the CspParameters object.
Dim RSACSP As New RSACryptoServiceProvider(cspParams)

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The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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