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Encrypt, decrypt and generate a key in C# using AES256.

Generating Public/Private Keys In C# And.NET. How to generate public/private key in C#. Asymmetric cryptography also known as public-key encryption uses a public/private key pair to encrypt and decrypt data. In.NET, the RSACryptoServiceProvider and DSACryptoServiceProvider classes are used for asymmetric encryption. I want to generate AES encryption key to be sent to the the other party in order to communicate securely. In the beginning the two nodes will create a shared session key by using Deffie-Helman protocol, then one of them will genreate AES key and send it. Where do key generation algorithms take the randomness from? Ask Question Asked 2 years, 11. $begingroup$ I was just wondering, because in many encryption tools like Veracrypt or GnuPG you have to generate pseudo randomness with your mouse movement. Browse other questions tagged random-number-generator randomness key-generation or ask.

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encryption.cs
#regionEncryption
/// <summary>
/// Generate a private key
/// From : www.chapleau.info/blog/2011/01/06/usingsimplestringkeywithaes256encryptioninc.html
/// </summary>
privatestaticstringGenerateKey(intiKeySize)
{
RijndaelManagedaesEncryption=newRijndaelManaged();
aesEncryption.KeySize=iKeySize;
aesEncryption.BlockSize=128;
aesEncryption.Mode=CipherMode.CBC;
aesEncryption.Padding=PaddingMode.PKCS7;
aesEncryption.GenerateIV();
stringivStr=Convert.ToBase64String(aesEncryption.IV);
aesEncryption.GenerateKey();
stringkeyStr=Convert.ToBase64String(aesEncryption.Key);
stringcompleteKey=ivStr+','+keyStr;
returnConvert.ToBase64String(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(completeKey));
}
/// <summary>
/// Encrypt
/// From : www.chapleau.info/blog/2011/01/06/usingsimplestringkeywithaes256encryptioninc.html
/// </summary>
privatestaticstringEncrypt(stringiPlainStr, stringiCompleteEncodedKey, intiKeySize)
{
RijndaelManagedaesEncryption=newRijndaelManaged();
aesEncryption.KeySize=iKeySize;
aesEncryption.BlockSize=128;
aesEncryption.Mode=CipherMode.CBC;
aesEncryption.Padding=PaddingMode.PKCS7;
aesEncryption.IV=Convert.FromBase64String(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(iCompleteEncodedKey)).Split(',')[0]);
aesEncryption.Key=Convert.FromBase64String(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(iCompleteEncodedKey)).Split(',')[1]);
byte[] plainText=ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(iPlainStr);
ICryptoTransformcrypto=aesEncryption.CreateEncryptor();
byte[] cipherText=crypto.TransformFinalBlock(plainText, 0, plainText.Length);
returnConvert.ToBase64String(cipherText);
}
/// <summary>
/// Decrypt
/// From : www.chapleau.info/blog/2011/01/06/usingsimplestringkeywithaes256encryptioninc.html
/// </summary>
privatestaticstringDecrypt(stringiEncryptedText, stringiCompleteEncodedKey, intiKeySize)
{
RijndaelManagedaesEncryption=newRijndaelManaged();
aesEncryption.KeySize=iKeySize;
aesEncryption.BlockSize=128;
aesEncryption.Mode=CipherMode.CBC;
aesEncryption.Padding=PaddingMode.PKCS7;
aesEncryption.IV=Convert.FromBase64String(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(iCompleteEncodedKey)).Split(',')[0]);
aesEncryption.Key=Convert.FromBase64String(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(iCompleteEncodedKey)).Split(',')[1]);
ICryptoTransformdecrypto=aesEncryption.CreateDecryptor();
byte[] encryptedBytes=Convert.FromBase64CharArray(iEncryptedText.ToCharArray(), 0, iEncryptedText.Length);
returnASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(decrypto.TransformFinalBlock(encryptedBytes, 0, encryptedBytes.Length));
}
#endregion

I created this small function just to practice C code. It's a simple random string generator. #include #include char.randstring(int length) static int. You can't simply re-generate a truly random key because a random process will not reliably generate the same output, ever. And yes, you use that same key for encryption and decryption assuming you are using a symmetric key encryption method.

commented Jun 6, 2014

hi fairly new to the cryptography...
when im implementing the above code im getting a error while decrypting..
'Padding is invalid and cannot be removed.'

please suggest a resolution
thanks and regards

commented Oct 9, 2017
edited

How-to save -safely- the private key ? Windows registry ? in disk ?

I use ASP.NET applications.

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