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Rfc2898DeriveBytes::GetBytes Method (Int32)

 

Returns the pseudo-random key for this object.

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

public:
virtual array<unsigned char>^ GetBytes(
	int cb
) override

Parameters

cb
Type: System::Int32

The number of pseudo-random key bytes to generate.

Return Value

Type: array<System::Byte>^

A byte array filled with pseudo-random key bytes.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

cb is out of range. This parameter requires a non-negative number.

The Rfc2898DeriveBytes class implements PBKDF2 functionality by using a pseudorandom number generator based on HMACSHA1. The Rfc2898DeriveBytes class takes a password, a salt, and an iteration count, and then generates keys through calls to the GetBytes method. Repeated calls to this method will not generate the same key; instead, appending two calls of the GetBytes method with a cb parameter value of 20 is the equivalent of calling the GetBytes method once with a cb parameter value of 40.

The following example shows how to use the GetBytes method to get the key for an instance of Rfc2898DeriveBytes. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Rfc2898DeriveBytes class.

try
{
   Rfc2898DeriveBytes ^ k1 = gcnew Rfc2898DeriveBytes( pwd1,salt1,myIterations );
   Rfc2898DeriveBytes ^ k2 = gcnew Rfc2898DeriveBytes( pwd1,salt1 );

   // Encrypt the data.
   TripleDES^ encAlg = TripleDES::Create();
   encAlg->Key = k1->GetBytes( 16 );
   MemoryStream^ encryptionStream = gcnew MemoryStream;
   CryptoStream^ encrypt = gcnew CryptoStream( encryptionStream,encAlg->CreateEncryptor(),CryptoStreamMode::Write );
   array<Byte>^utfD1 = (gcnew System::Text::UTF8Encoding( false ))->GetBytes( data1 );

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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