Cipher Class

Provides general use cryptographic functions.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
GSF.Security.CryptographyCipher

Namespace: GSF.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.230-beta+03417d7b5cff037b24e882d7adef82d359b34964

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public static class Cipher

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class Cipher

[ExtensionAttribute]
public ref class Cipher abstract sealed

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
[<SealedAttribute>]
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
type Cipher = class end

GSF.Security.Cryptography.Cipher = function();

Type.createClass(
	'GSF.Security.Cryptography.Cipher');

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The Cipher type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	SystemAllowsManagedEncryption	Gets a flag that determines if system will allow use of managed, i.e., non-FIPS compliant, security algorithms.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateAes	Creates an Aes encryption algorithm that respects current FIPS setting.
	CreateSHA1	Creates a SHA1 hashing algorithm that respects current FIPS setting.
	CreateSHA256	Creates a SHA256 hashing algorithm that respects current FIPS setting.
	CreateSHA384	Creates a SHA384 hashing algorithm that respects current FIPS setting.
	CreateSHA512	Creates a SHA512 hashing algorithm that respects current FIPS setting.
	Decrypt(Byte, String, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of decrypted data for the given parameters.
	Decrypt(String, String, CipherStrength)	Returns a decrypted string from a Base64 encoded string of binary encrypted data from the given parameters.
	Decrypt(Byte, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of decrypted data for the given parameters.
	Decrypt(Stream, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength)	Returns a stream of decrypted data for the given parameters.
	Decrypt(Byte, Int32, Int32, String, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of decrypted data for the given parameters.
	Decrypt(Byte, Int32, Int32, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of decrypted data for the given parameters.
	Decrypt(Stream, Stream, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength, ActionProcessProgressInt64)	Decrypts input stream onto output stream for the given parameters.
	DecryptFile	Creates a decrypted file from source file data.
	Encrypt(Byte, String, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of encrypted data for the given parameters.
	Encrypt(String, String, CipherStrength)	Returns a Base64 encoded string of the returned binary array of the encrypted data, generated with the given parameters.
	Encrypt(Byte, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of encrypted data for the given parameters.
	Encrypt(Stream, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength)	Returns a stream of encrypted data for the given parameters.
	Encrypt(Byte, Int32, Int32, String, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of encrypted data for the given parameters.
	Encrypt(Byte, Int32, Int32, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength)	Returns a binary array of encrypted data for the given parameters.
	Encrypt(Stream, Stream, Byte, Byte, CipherStrength, ActionProcessProgressInt64)	Encrypts input stream onto output stream for the given parameters.
	EncryptFile	Creates an encrypted file from source file data.
	ExportKeyIV	Exports a key and initialization vector from the local system key cache.
	FlushCache	Blocks current thread and waits for any pending save of local system key cache to complete.
	GetPasswordHash	Gets the Base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of given user password.
	ImportKeyIV	Imports a key and initialization vector into the local system key cache.
	KeyIVExists	Determines if a key and initialization vector exists for the given password in the local system key cache.
	ReloadCache	Manually loads keys into the local system key cache.

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Remarks

This class exists to simplify usage of basic cryptography functionality.

Reference

GSF.Security.Cryptography Namespace