KeyValue Field
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SymmetricAlgorithm.KeyValue Field

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Represents the secret key for the symmetric algorithm.

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

'Declaration
Protected KeyValue As Byte()

The secret key is used both for encryption and for decryption. For a symmetric algorithm to be successful, the secret key must be known only to the sender and the receiver. The valid key sizes are specified by the particular symmetric algorithm implementation and are listed in the LegalKeySizes property.

This field is accessed through the Key property.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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