dotnetframework/System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedDatav11.0.0-preview.1.26104.118
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Provides access to Windows Data Protection Api. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtectionScope System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData
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$ dotnet add package System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedDataReadme
About
<!-- A description of the package and where one can find more documentation -->System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData offers a simplified interface for utilizing Microsoft Windows DPAPI's CryptProtectData and CryptUnprotectData functions.
Note: Since it relies on Windows DPAPI, this package is only supported on Windows platforms. For more complex cryptographic operations or cross-platform support, consider the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.
Key Features
<!-- The key features of this package -->- Built upon the robust and secure Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI).
- Data can be protected either for current process or for any process on the machine.
- Scope of protection can be defined either to the current user or the local machine.
How to Use
<!-- A compelling example on how to use this package with code, as well as any specific guidelines for when to use the package -->Utilizing this package is quite simple, and it mainly revolves around two methods: Protect and Unprotect.
Here, originalData is the data you want to protect, optionalEntropy is an additional byte array used to increase encryption complexity, and DataProtectionScope specifies whether the data protection should apply to the current user or the machine.
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
byte[] originalData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("This is a secret");
byte[] optionalEntropy = new byte[64];
Random.Shared.NextBytes(optionalEntropy);
// To protect:
byte[] encryptedData = ProtectedData.Protect(
originalData,
optionalEntropy,
DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
// To unprotect:
byte[] decryptedData = ProtectedData.Unprotect(
encryptedData,
optionalEntropy,
DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);