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RandomNumberGenerator Class

Represents the abstract class from which all implementations of cryptographic random number generators derive.

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

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public abstract class RandomNumberGenerator
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public abstract class RandomNumberGenerator
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public abstract class RandomNumberGenerator
Not applicable.

Cryptographic random number generators create cryptographically strong random values.

Application code does not directly use this class. This abstract class is provided as the base class for all cryptographic random number generators.

For an implementation of a cryptographic random number generator, use the derived class RNGCryptoServiceProvider.

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator
     System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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