DataProtectionUnprotect Method

Decrypts the data in a specified byte array and returns a byte array that contains the decrypted data.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.181 -- Release Build+97279656b5a55675063a4190481e67c4f9809501

C#View Source Request Example

public static byte[] Unprotect(
	byte[] encryptedData,
	byte[]? optionalEntropy = null,
	bool protectToLocalMachine = true,
	string settingsCategory = "CryptographyServices"
)

VBView Source Request Example

Public Shared Function Unprotect ( 
	encryptedData As Byte(),
	Optional optionalEntropy As Byte() = Nothing,
	Optional protectToLocalMachine As Boolean = true,
	Optional settingsCategory As String = "CryptographyServices"
) As Byte()

C++View Source Request Example

public:
static array<unsigned char>^ Unprotect(
	array<unsigned char>^ encryptedData, 
	array<unsigned char>^ optionalEntropy = nullptr, 
	bool protectToLocalMachine = true, 
	String^ settingsCategory = L"CryptographyServices"
)

JavaScriptView Source Request Example

Gemstone.Security.Cryptography.DataProtection.Unprotect = function(encryptedData, optionalEntropy, protectToLocalMachine, settingsCategory);

Parameters

encryptedData Byte: A byte array containing data encrypted using the Protect(Byte, Byte, Boolean, String) method.
optionalEntropy Byte (Optional): An optional additional byte array that was used to encrypt the data, or null if the additional byte array was not used.
protectToLocalMachine Boolean (Optional): Set to true to protect data to the local machine; otherwise, set to false to protect data to the current user.
settingsCategory String (Optional): The config file settings category under which the settings are defined.

Return Value

Byte
A byte array representing the decrypted data.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	The encryptedData parameter is null.
CryptographicException	The decryption failed.

DataProtectionUnprotect Method

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