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I can't seem to find a nice clean example of using AES 128 bit encryption.
Does anyone have some sample code?

If you just want to use the built-in crypto provider RijndaelManaged, check out the following help article (it also has a simple code sample):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rijndaelmanaged.aspx
And just in case you need the sample in a hurry, here it is in all its plagiarized glory:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace RijndaelManaged_Example
{
class RijndaelExample
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
string original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";
// Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
// class. This generates a new key and initialization
// vector (IV).
using (RijndaelManaged myRijndael = new RijndaelManaged())
{
myRijndael.GenerateKey();
myRijndael.GenerateIV();
// Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
byte[] encrypted = EncryptStringToBytes(original, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
// Decrypt the bytes to a string.
string roundtrip = DecryptStringFromBytes(encrypted, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
//Display the original data and the decrypted data.
Console.WriteLine("Original: {0}", original);
Console.WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.Message);
}
}
static byte[] EncryptStringToBytes(string plainText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (plainText == null || plainText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("IV");
byte[] encrypted;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
// Create a decryptor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijAlg.CreateEncryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for encryption.
using (MemoryStream msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
{
//Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
}
encrypted = msEncrypt.ToArray();
}
}
}
// Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
return encrypted;
}
static string DecryptStringFromBytes(byte[] cipherText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (cipherText == null || cipherText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("IV");
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
string plaintext = null;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijAlg.CreateDecryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
{
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
return plaintext;
}
}
}

I've recently had to bump up against this again in my own project - and wanted to share the somewhat simpler code that I've been using, as this question and series of answers kept coming up in my searches.
I'm not going to get into the security concerns around how often to update things like your Salt and Initialization Vector - that's a topic for a security forum, and there are some great resources out there to look at. This is simply a block of code to implement AesManaged in C#.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace Your.Namespace.Security {
public static class Cryptography {
#region Settings
private static int _iterations = 2;
private static int _keySize = 256;
private static string _hash = "SHA1";
private static string _salt = "aselrias38490a32"; // Random
private static string _vector = "8947az34awl34kjq"; // Random
#endregion
public static string Encrypt(string value, string password) {
return Encrypt<AesManaged>(value, password);
}
public static string Encrypt<T>(string value, string password)
where T : SymmetricAlgorithm, new() {
byte[] vectorBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_vector);
byte[] saltBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_salt);
byte[] valueBytes = GetBytes<UTF8Encoding>(value);
byte[] encrypted;
using (T cipher = new T()) {
PasswordDeriveBytes _passwordBytes =
new PasswordDeriveBytes(password, saltBytes, _hash, _iterations);
byte[] keyBytes = _passwordBytes.GetBytes(_keySize / 8);
cipher.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
using (ICryptoTransform encryptor = cipher.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, vectorBytes)) {
using (MemoryStream to = new MemoryStream()) {
using (CryptoStream writer = new CryptoStream(to, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)) {
writer.Write(valueBytes, 0, valueBytes.Length);
writer.FlushFinalBlock();
encrypted = to.ToArray();
}
}
}
cipher.Clear();
}
return Convert.ToBase64String(encrypted);
}
public static string Decrypt(string value, string password) {
return Decrypt<AesManaged>(value, password);
}
public static string Decrypt<T>(string value, string password) where T : SymmetricAlgorithm, new() {
byte[] vectorBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_vector);
byte[] saltBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_salt);
byte[] valueBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(value);
byte[] decrypted;
int decryptedByteCount = 0;
using (T cipher = new T()) {
PasswordDeriveBytes _passwordBytes = new PasswordDeriveBytes(password, saltBytes, _hash, _iterations);
byte[] keyBytes = _passwordBytes.GetBytes(_keySize / 8);
cipher.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
try {
using (ICryptoTransform decryptor = cipher.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, vectorBytes)) {
using (MemoryStream from = new MemoryStream(valueBytes)) {
using (CryptoStream reader = new CryptoStream(from, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read)) {
decrypted = new byte[valueBytes.Length];
decryptedByteCount = reader.Read(decrypted, 0, decrypted.Length);
}
}
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
return String.Empty;
}
cipher.Clear();
}
return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decrypted, 0, decryptedByteCount);
}
}
}
The code is very simple to use. It literally just requires the following:
string encrypted = Cryptography.Encrypt(data, "testpass");
string decrypted = Cryptography.Decrypt(encrypted, "testpass");
By default, the implementation uses AesManaged - but you could actually also insert any other SymmetricAlgorithm. A list of the available SymmetricAlgorithm inheritors for .NET 4.5 can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.symmetricalgorithm.aspx
As of the time of this post, the current list includes:
AesManaged
RijndaelManaged
DESCryptoServiceProvider
RC2CryptoServiceProvider
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider
To use RijndaelManaged with the code above, as an example, you would use:
string encrypted = Cryptography.Encrypt<RijndaelManaged>(dataToEncrypt, password);
string decrypted = Cryptography.Decrypt<RijndaelManaged>(encrypted, password);
I hope this is helpful to someone out there.

Look at sample in here..
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rijndaelmanaged(v=VS.100).aspx#Y2262
The example on MSDN does not run normally (an error occurs) because there is no initial value of Initial Vector(iv) and Key. I add 2 line code and now work normally.
More details see below:
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace AES_TESTER
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
string original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";
MessageBox.Show("Original: " + original);
// Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
// class. This generates a new key and initialization
// vector (IV).
using (RijndaelManaged myRijndael = new RijndaelManaged())
{
myRijndael.GenerateKey();
myRijndael.GenerateIV();
// Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
byte[] encrypted = EncryptStringToBytes(original, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
foreach (byte item in encrypted)
{
s.Append(item.ToString("X2") + " ");
}
MessageBox.Show("Encrypted: " + s);
// Decrypt the bytes to a string.
string decrypted = DecryptStringFromBytes(encrypted, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
//Display the original data and the decrypted data.
MessageBox.Show("Decrypted: " + decrypted);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
static byte[] EncryptStringToBytes(string plainText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (plainText == null || plainText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
byte[] encrypted;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
rijAlg.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
rijAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijAlg.CreateEncryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for encryption.
using (MemoryStream msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
{
//Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
}
encrypted = msEncrypt.ToArray();
}
}
}
// Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
return encrypted;
}
static string DecryptStringFromBytes(byte[] cipherText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (cipherText == null || cipherText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
string plaintext = null;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
rijAlg.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
rijAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijAlg.CreateDecryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
{
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
return plaintext;
}
}
}

Using AES or implementing AES? To use AES, there is the System.Security.Cryptography.RijndaelManaged class.

For a more complete example that performs key derivation in addition to the AES encryption, see the answer and links posted in Getting AES encryption to work across Javascript and C#.
EDIT
a side note: Javascript Cryptography considered harmful. Worth the read.

//Code to encrypt Data :
public byte[] encryptdata(byte[] bytearraytoencrypt, string key, string iv)
{
AesCryptoServiceProvider dataencrypt = new AesCryptoServiceProvider();
//Block size : Gets or sets the block size, in bits, of the cryptographic operation.
dataencrypt.BlockSize = 128;
//KeySize: Gets or sets the size, in bits, of the secret key
dataencrypt.KeySize = 128;
//Key: Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption.
dataencrypt.Key = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);
//IV : Gets or sets the initialization vector (IV) for the symmetric algorithm
dataencrypt.IV = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(iv);
//Padding: Gets or sets the padding mode used in the symmetric algorithm
dataencrypt.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
//Mode: Gets or sets the mode for operation of the symmetric algorithm
dataencrypt.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
//Creates a symmetric AES encryptor object using the current key and initialization vector (IV).
ICryptoTransform crypto1 = dataencrypt.CreateEncryptor(dataencrypt.Key, dataencrypt.IV);
//TransformFinalBlock is a special function for transforming the last block or a partial block in the stream.
//It returns a new array that contains the remaining transformed bytes. A new array is returned, because the amount of
//information returned at the end might be larger than a single block when padding is added.
byte[] encrypteddata = crypto1.TransformFinalBlock(bytearraytoencrypt, 0, bytearraytoencrypt.Length);
crypto1.Dispose();
//return the encrypted data
return encrypteddata;
}
//code to decrypt data
private byte[] decryptdata(byte[] bytearraytodecrypt, string key, string iv)
{
AesCryptoServiceProvider keydecrypt = new AesCryptoServiceProvider();
keydecrypt.BlockSize = 128;
keydecrypt.KeySize = 128;
keydecrypt.Key = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);
keydecrypt.IV = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(iv);
keydecrypt.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
keydecrypt.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
ICryptoTransform crypto1 = keydecrypt.CreateDecryptor(keydecrypt.Key, keydecrypt.IV);
byte[] returnbytearray = crypto1.TransformFinalBlock(bytearraytodecrypt, 0, bytearraytodecrypt.Length);
crypto1.Dispose();
return returnbytearray;
}

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/769741/Csharp-AES-bits-Encryption-Library-with-Salt
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.IO;
 
public byte[] AES_Encrypt(byte[] bytesToBeEncrypted, byte[] passwordBytes)
{
byte[] encryptedBytes = null;
byte[] saltBytes = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (RijndaelManaged AES = new RijndaelManaged())
{
AES.KeySize = 256;
AES.BlockSize = 128;
var key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltBytes, 1000);
AES.Key = key.GetBytes(AES.KeySize / 8);
AES.IV = key.GetBytes(AES.BlockSize / 8);
AES.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, AES.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(bytesToBeEncrypted, 0, bytesToBeEncrypted.Length);
cs.Close();
}
encryptedBytes = ms.ToArray();
}
}
return encryptedBytes;
}
public byte[] AES_Decrypt(byte[] bytesToBeDecrypted, byte[] passwordBytes)
{
byte[] decryptedBytes = null;
byte[] saltBytes = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (RijndaelManaged AES = new RijndaelManaged())
{
AES.KeySize = 256;
AES.BlockSize = 128;
var key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltBytes, 1000);
AES.Key = key.GetBytes(AES.KeySize / 8);
AES.IV = key.GetBytes(AES.BlockSize / 8);
AES.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, AES.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(bytesToBeDecrypted, 0, bytesToBeDecrypted.Length);
cs.Close();
}
decryptedBytes = ms.ToArray();
}
}
return decryptedBytes;
}

Try this code, maybe useful.
1.Create New C# Project and add follows code to Form1:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace ExampleCrypto
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string strOriginalData = string.Empty;
string strEncryptedData = string.Empty;
string strDecryptedData = string.Empty;
strOriginalData = "this is original data 1234567890"; // your original data in here
MessageBox.Show("ORIGINAL DATA:\r\n" + strOriginalData);
clsCrypto aes = new clsCrypto();
aes.IV = "this is your IV"; // your IV
aes.KEY = "this is your KEY"; // your KEY
strEncryptedData = aes.Encrypt(strOriginalData, CipherMode.CBC); // your cipher mode
MessageBox.Show("ENCRYPTED DATA:\r\n" + strEncryptedData);
strDecryptedData = aes.Decrypt(strEncryptedData, CipherMode.CBC);
MessageBox.Show("DECRYPTED DATA:\r\n" + strDecryptedData);
}
}
}
2.Create clsCrypto.cs and copy paste follows code in your class and run your code. I used MD5 to generated Initial Vector(IV) and KEY of AES.
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata.W3cXsd2001;
namespace ExampleCrypto
{
public class clsCrypto
{
private string _KEY = string.Empty;
protected internal string KEY
{
get
{
return _KEY;
}
set
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
_KEY = value;
}
}
}
private string _IV = string.Empty;
protected internal string IV
{
get
{
return _IV;
}
set
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
_IV = value;
}
}
}
private string CalcMD5(string strInput)
{
string strOutput = string.Empty;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput))
{
try
{
StringBuilder strHex = new StringBuilder();
using (MD5 md5 = MD5.Create())
{
byte[] bytArText = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strInput);
byte[] bytArHash = md5.ComputeHash(bytArText);
for (int i = 0; i < bytArHash.Length; i++)
{
strHex.Append(bytArHash[i].ToString("X2"));
}
strOutput = strHex.ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
return strOutput;
}
private byte[] GetBytesFromHexString(string strInput)
{
byte[] bytArOutput = new byte[] { };
if ((!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput)) && strInput.Length % 2 == 0)
{
SoapHexBinary hexBinary = null;
try
{
hexBinary = SoapHexBinary.Parse(strInput);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
bytArOutput = hexBinary.Value;
}
return bytArOutput;
}
private byte[] GenerateIV()
{
byte[] bytArOutput = new byte[] { };
try
{
string strIV = CalcMD5(IV);
bytArOutput = GetBytesFromHexString(strIV);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
return bytArOutput;
}
private byte[] GenerateKey()
{
byte[] bytArOutput = new byte[] { };
try
{
string strKey = CalcMD5(KEY);
bytArOutput = GetBytesFromHexString(strKey);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
return bytArOutput;
}
protected internal string Encrypt(string strInput, CipherMode cipherMode)
{
string strOutput = string.Empty;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput))
{
try
{
byte[] bytePlainText = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strInput);
using (RijndaelManaged rijManaged = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijManaged.Mode = cipherMode;
rijManaged.BlockSize = 128;
rijManaged.KeySize = 128;
rijManaged.IV = GenerateIV();
rijManaged.Key = GenerateKey();
rijManaged.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
ICryptoTransform icpoTransform = rijManaged.CreateEncryptor(rijManaged.Key, rijManaged.IV);
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cpoStream = new CryptoStream(memStream, icpoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cpoStream.Write(bytePlainText, 0, bytePlainText.Length);
cpoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
}
strOutput = Encoding.Default.GetString(memStream.ToArray());
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
return strOutput;
}
protected internal string Decrypt(string strInput, CipherMode cipherMode)
{
string strOutput = string.Empty;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput))
{
try
{
byte[] byteCipherText = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strInput);
byte[] byteBuffer = new byte[strInput.Length];
using (RijndaelManaged rijManaged = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijManaged.Mode = cipherMode;
rijManaged.BlockSize = 128;
rijManaged.KeySize = 128;
rijManaged.IV = GenerateIV();
rijManaged.Key = GenerateKey();
rijManaged.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
ICryptoTransform icpoTransform = rijManaged.CreateDecryptor(rijManaged.Key, rijManaged.IV);
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(byteCipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream cpoStream = new CryptoStream(memStream, icpoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
cpoStream.Read(byteBuffer, 0, byteBuffer.Length);
}
strOutput = Encoding.Default.GetString(byteBuffer);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
return strOutput;
}
}
}

You can use password from text box like key...
With this code you can encrypt/decrypt text, picture, word document, pdf....
public class Rijndael
{
private byte[] key;
private readonly byte[] vector = { 255, 64, 191, 111, 23, 3, 113, 119, 231, 121, 252, 112, 79, 32, 114, 156 };
ICryptoTransform EnkValue, DekValue;
public Rijndael(byte[] key)
{
this.key = key;
RijndaelManaged rm = new RijndaelManaged();
rm.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
EnkValue = rm.CreateEncryptor(key, vector);
DekValue = rm.CreateDecryptor(key, vector);
}
public byte[] Encrypt(byte[] byte)
{
byte[] enkByte= byte;
byte[] enkNewByte;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, EnkValue, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(enkByte, 0, enkByte.Length);
cs.FlushFinalBlock();
ms.Position = 0;
enkNewByte= new byte[ms.Length];
ms.Read(enkNewByte, 0, enkNewByte.Length);
}
}
return enkNeyByte;
}
public byte[] Dekrypt(byte[] enkByte)
{
byte[] dekByte;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, DekValue, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(enkByte, 0, enkByte.Length);
cs.FlushFinalBlock();
ms.Position = 0;
dekByte= new byte[ms.Length];
ms.Read(dekByte, 0, dekByte.Length);
}
}
return dekByte;
}
}
Convert password from text box to byte array...
private byte[] ConvertPasswordToByte(string password)
{
byte[] key = new byte[32];
for (int i = 0; i < passwprd.Length; i++)
{
key[i] = Convert.ToByte(passwprd[i]);
}
return key;
}

here is a neat and clean code to understand AES 256 algorithm implemented in C#
call Encrypt function as encryptedstring = cryptObj.Encrypt(username, "AGARAMUDHALA", "EZHUTHELLAM", "SHA1", 3, "#1B2c3D4e5F6g7H8", 256);
public class Crypt
{
public string Encrypt(string passtext, string passPhrase, string saltV, string hashstring, int Iterations, string initVect, int keysize)
{
string functionReturnValue = null;
// Convert strings into byte arrays.
// Let us assume that strings only contain ASCII codes.
// If strings include Unicode characters, use Unicode, UTF7, or UTF8
// encoding.
byte[] initVectorBytes = null;
initVectorBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(initVect);
byte[] saltValueBytes = null;
saltValueBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(saltV);
// Convert our plaintext into a byte array.
// Let us assume that plaintext contains UTF8-encoded characters.
byte[] plainTextBytes = null;
plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(passtext);
// First, we must create a password, from which the key will be derived.
// This password will be generated from the specified passphrase and
// salt value. The password will be created using the specified hash
// algorithm. Password creation can be done in several iterations.
PasswordDeriveBytes password = default(PasswordDeriveBytes);
password = new PasswordDeriveBytes(passPhrase, saltValueBytes, hashstring, Iterations);
// Use the password to generate pseudo-random bytes for the encryption
// key. Specify the size of the key in bytes (instead of bits).
byte[] keyBytes = null;
keyBytes = password.GetBytes(keysize/8);
// Create uninitialized Rijndael encryption object.
RijndaelManaged symmetricKey = default(RijndaelManaged);
symmetricKey = new RijndaelManaged();
// It is reasonable to set encryption mode to Cipher Block Chaining
// (CBC). Use default options for other symmetric key parameters.
symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
// Generate encryptor from the existing key bytes and initialization
// vector. Key size will be defined based on the number of the key
// bytes.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = default(ICryptoTransform);
encryptor = symmetricKey.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes);
// Define memory stream which will be used to hold encrypted data.
MemoryStream memoryStream = default(MemoryStream);
memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
// Define cryptographic stream (always use Write mode for encryption).
CryptoStream cryptoStream = default(CryptoStream);
cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write);
// Start encrypting.
cryptoStream.Write(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
// Finish encrypting.
cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
// Convert our encrypted data from a memory stream into a byte array.
byte[] cipherTextBytes = null;
cipherTextBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
// Close both streams.
memoryStream.Close();
cryptoStream.Close();
// Convert encrypted data into a base64-encoded string.
string cipherText = null;
cipherText = Convert.ToBase64String(cipherTextBytes);
functionReturnValue = cipherText;
return functionReturnValue;
}
public string Decrypt(string cipherText, string passPhrase, string saltValue, string hashAlgorithm, int passwordIterations, string initVector, int keySize)
{
string functionReturnValue = null;
// Convert strings defining encryption key characteristics into byte
// arrays. Let us assume that strings only contain ASCII codes.
// If strings include Unicode characters, use Unicode, UTF7, or UTF8
// encoding.
byte[] initVectorBytes = null;
initVectorBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(initVector);
byte[] saltValueBytes = null;
saltValueBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(saltValue);
// Convert our ciphertext into a byte array.
byte[] cipherTextBytes = null;
cipherTextBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
// First, we must create a password, from which the key will be
// derived. This password will be generated from the specified
// passphrase and salt value. The password will be created using
// the specified hash algorithm. Password creation can be done in
// several iterations.
PasswordDeriveBytes password = default(PasswordDeriveBytes);
password = new PasswordDeriveBytes(passPhrase, saltValueBytes, hashAlgorithm, passwordIterations);
// Use the password to generate pseudo-random bytes for the encryption
// key. Specify the size of the key in bytes (instead of bits).
byte[] keyBytes = null;
keyBytes = password.GetBytes(keySize / 8);
// Create uninitialized Rijndael encryption object.
RijndaelManaged symmetricKey = default(RijndaelManaged);
symmetricKey = new RijndaelManaged();
// It is reasonable to set encryption mode to Cipher Block Chaining
// (CBC). Use default options for other symmetric key parameters.
symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
// Generate decryptor from the existing key bytes and initialization
// vector. Key size will be defined based on the number of the key
// bytes.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = default(ICryptoTransform);
decryptor = symmetricKey.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes);
// Define memory stream which will be used to hold encrypted data.
MemoryStream memoryStream = default(MemoryStream);
memoryStream = new MemoryStream(cipherTextBytes);
// Define memory stream which will be used to hold encrypted data.
CryptoStream cryptoStream = default(CryptoStream);
cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read);
// Since at this point we don't know what the size of decrypted data
// will be, allocate the buffer long enough to hold ciphertext;
// plaintext is never longer than ciphertext.
byte[] plainTextBytes = null;
plainTextBytes = new byte[cipherTextBytes.Length + 1];
// Start decrypting.
int decryptedByteCount = 0;
decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
// Close both streams.
memoryStream.Close();
cryptoStream.Close();
// Convert decrypted data into a string.
// Let us assume that the original plaintext string was UTF8-encoded.
string plainText = null;
plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainTextBytes, 0, decryptedByteCount);
// Return decrypted string.
functionReturnValue = plainText;
return functionReturnValue;
}
}

AES Padding is Invalid And Cannot Be Removed

I am using AES criptography algorithms to encrypt and decrypt my values in my project. My code works almost everytime but sometimes I get Padding is invalid and cannot be removed error. My project is ASP .NET Core 3.1 project and it's published on IIS Server 8.5.
As said at Padding is invalid and cannot be removed? question asked 9 years ago, my keys and salts are always set 128 bits and padding mode is always set to PKCS#7 like this code: aes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;.
But sometimes, I got this error. After debugging my code with the same key, salt and decrypted value I didn't get any error and my code works fine for another 10 hours or so. I have no idea why my code behaves like this but I couldn't find any solution.
My Constructor:
public void KriptoAlgoritmasiniAyarla(string password, string salt, SymmetricAlgorithm algorithm)
{
if (password == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(password));
if (salt == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(salt));
DeriveBytes rgb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(salt));
var rgbKey = rgb.GetBytes(algorithm.KeySize >> 3);
var rgbIv = rgb.GetBytes(algorithm.BlockSize >> 3);
_sifreleyici = algorithm.CreateEncryptor(rgbKey, rgbIv);
_desifreleyici = algorithm.CreateDecryptor(rgbKey, rgbIv);
}
My encrption code:
public byte[] ByteDizisineSifrele(string plainText)
{
try
{
byte[] encrypted;
// Create a new AesManaged.
using (AesManaged aes = new AesManaged())
{
aes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
// Create MemoryStream
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
// Create crypto stream using the CryptoStream class. This class is the key to encryption
// and encrypts and decrypts data from any given stream. In this case, we will pass a memory stream
// to encrypt
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, _sifreleyici, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
// Create StreamWriter and write data to a stream
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(cs))
sw.Write(plainText);
encrypted = ms.ToArray();
}
}
}
// Return encrypted data
return encrypted;
}
catch (Exception exp)
{
throw exp;
}
}
My decryption code:
public string ByteDizisiDesifreEt(byte[] cipherText)
{
try
{
string plaintext = null;
// Create AesManaged
using (AesManaged aes = new AesManaged())
{
aes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
// Create the streams used for decryption.
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
{
// Create crypto stream
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, _desifreleyici, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
// Read crypto stream
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(cs))
plaintext = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
return plaintext;
}
catch (Exception exp)
{
throw exp;
}
}

Probably because you are reusing the same ICryptoTransform objects (_sifreleyici and _desifreleyici). At some point, the transform object can't be reused anymore and therefore the interface has a property to determine that. The ICryptoTransform.CanReuseTransform property.
Consequently, you need to check this property and recreate the objects when you get false.
Example
private readonly byte[] Key, IV;
public void KriptoAlgoritmasiniAyarla(
string password,
string salt,
SymmetricAlgorithm algorithm)
{
// ...
Key = // Get the key..
IV = // Get the IV..
}
private ICryptoTransform encryptor;
private ICryptoTransform Encryptor
{
get
{
if (encryptor == null || !encryptor.CanReuseTransform)
{
encryptor?.Dispose();
encryptor = Algorithm.CreateEncryptor(Key, IV);
}
return encryptor;
}
}
private ICryptoTransform decryptor;
private ICryptoTransform Decryptor
{
get
{
if (decryptor == null || !decryptor.CanReuseTransform)
{
decryptor?.Dispose();
decryptor = Algorithm.CreateDecryptor(Key, IV);
}
return decryptor;
}
}
Then use these two properties in the related methods to create the CryptoStream.
Alternative
I'd like to propose the code below as an alternative that can be used with the classes that derive from the SymmetricAlgorithm abstract class.
public class SymmetricCrypto<T> : IDisposable where T : SymmetricAlgorithm, new()
{
private readonly T Algorithm = new T();
public SymmetricCrypto()
{
Algorithm.GenerateKey();
Algorithm.GenerateIV();
}
public SymmetricCrypto(byte[] key, byte[] iv)
{
Algorithm.Key = key;
Algorithm.IV = iv;
}
public SymmetricCrypto(string pass)
{
var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pass);
var rfc = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(pass,
new SHA256Managed().ComputeHash(bytes), 1000);
Algorithm.Key = rfc.GetBytes(Algorithm.LegalKeySizes[0].MaxSize / 8);
Algorithm.IV = rfc.GetBytes(Algorithm.LegalBlockSizes[0].MinSize / 8);
}
public SymmetricCrypto(byte[] pass)
{
var rfc = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(pass,
new SHA256Managed().ComputeHash(pass), 1000);
Algorithm.Key = rfc.GetBytes(Algorithm.LegalKeySizes[0].MaxSize / 8);
Algorithm.IV = rfc.GetBytes(Algorithm.LegalBlockSizes[0].MinSize / 8);
}
public byte[] Encrypt(string input) =>
Transform(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input), Algorithm.CreateEncryptor());
public string Decrypt(byte[] input) =>
Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Transform(input, Algorithm.CreateDecryptor()));
private byte[] Transform(byte[] input, ICryptoTransform cryptoTrans)
{
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, cryptoTrans, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(input, 0, input.Length);
cs.FlushFinalBlock();
return ms.ToArray();
}
}
public void Dispose() => Algorithm.Dispose();
}
Usage:
void SomeCaller()
{
using (var crypt = new SymmetricCrypto<AesManaged>("password"))
{
var bytes = crypt.Encrypt("Plain Text....");
// ...
var plainText = crypt.Decrypt(bytes);
// ...
}
}

Trying to Decrypt a string, receiving error: Padding is invalid and cannot be removed? what am I doing wrong?

Hi I have tried a few different options, but I cannot seem to correct this problem.
here is my Decrypt code ...
public string DecryptStringAES(string cipherText, int AccountID = 0)
{
string sharedSecret = "";
AccountID = (AccountID > 0) ? AccountID : SessionVars.Current.varAccountID;
sharedSecret = "#c3x%" + AccountID + "n^/]R";
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cipherText))
throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sharedSecret))
throw new ArgumentNullException("sharedSecret");
// Declare the RijndaelManaged object
// used to decrypt the data.
RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
string plaintext = null;
try
{
// generate the key from the shared secret and the salt
Rfc2898DeriveBytes key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(sharedSecret, _salt);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
string dummyData = cipherText.Trim().Replace(" ", "+");
if (dummyData.Length % 4 > 0)
dummyData = dummyData.PadRight(dummyData.Length + 4 - dummyData.Length % 4, '=');
byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(dummyData);
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(bytes))
{
// Create a RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
aesAlg.BlockSize = 128;
aesAlg.KeySize = 256;
aesAlg.Key = key.GetBytes(aesAlg.KeySize / 8);
aesAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
// Get the initialization vector from the encrypted stream
aesAlg.IV = ReadByteArray(msDecrypt);
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
finally
{
// Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
if (aesAlg != null)
aesAlg.Clear();
}
return plaintext;
}
private static byte[] ReadByteArray(Stream s)
{
byte[] rawLength = new byte[sizeof(int)];
if (s.Read(rawLength, 0, rawLength.Length) != rawLength.Length)
{
throw new SystemException("Stream did not contain properly formatted byte array");
}
byte[] buffer = new byte[BitConverter.ToInt32(rawLength, 0)];
if (s.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) != buffer.Length)
{
throw new SystemException("Did not read byte array properly");
}
return buffer;
}

C# Decrypting AES/ECB Image Padded Using PKCS#5 [duplicate]

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I can't seem to find a nice clean example of using AES 128 bit encryption.
Does anyone have some sample code?

If you just want to use the built-in crypto provider RijndaelManaged, check out the following help article (it also has a simple code sample):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rijndaelmanaged.aspx
And just in case you need the sample in a hurry, here it is in all its plagiarized glory:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace RijndaelManaged_Example
{
class RijndaelExample
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
string original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";
// Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
// class. This generates a new key and initialization
// vector (IV).
using (RijndaelManaged myRijndael = new RijndaelManaged())
{
myRijndael.GenerateKey();
myRijndael.GenerateIV();
// Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
byte[] encrypted = EncryptStringToBytes(original, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
// Decrypt the bytes to a string.
string roundtrip = DecryptStringFromBytes(encrypted, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
//Display the original data and the decrypted data.
Console.WriteLine("Original: {0}", original);
Console.WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.Message);
}
}
static byte[] EncryptStringToBytes(string plainText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (plainText == null || plainText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("IV");
byte[] encrypted;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
// Create a decryptor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijAlg.CreateEncryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for encryption.
using (MemoryStream msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
{
//Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
}
encrypted = msEncrypt.ToArray();
}
}
}
// Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
return encrypted;
}
static string DecryptStringFromBytes(byte[] cipherText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (cipherText == null || cipherText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("IV");
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
string plaintext = null;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijAlg.CreateDecryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
{
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
return plaintext;
}
}
}

I've recently had to bump up against this again in my own project - and wanted to share the somewhat simpler code that I've been using, as this question and series of answers kept coming up in my searches.
I'm not going to get into the security concerns around how often to update things like your Salt and Initialization Vector - that's a topic for a security forum, and there are some great resources out there to look at. This is simply a block of code to implement AesManaged in C#.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace Your.Namespace.Security {
public static class Cryptography {
#region Settings
private static int _iterations = 2;
private static int _keySize = 256;
private static string _hash = "SHA1";
private static string _salt = "aselrias38490a32"; // Random
private static string _vector = "8947az34awl34kjq"; // Random
#endregion
public static string Encrypt(string value, string password) {
return Encrypt<AesManaged>(value, password);
}
public static string Encrypt<T>(string value, string password)
where T : SymmetricAlgorithm, new() {
byte[] vectorBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_vector);
byte[] saltBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_salt);
byte[] valueBytes = GetBytes<UTF8Encoding>(value);
byte[] encrypted;
using (T cipher = new T()) {
PasswordDeriveBytes _passwordBytes =
new PasswordDeriveBytes(password, saltBytes, _hash, _iterations);
byte[] keyBytes = _passwordBytes.GetBytes(_keySize / 8);
cipher.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
using (ICryptoTransform encryptor = cipher.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, vectorBytes)) {
using (MemoryStream to = new MemoryStream()) {
using (CryptoStream writer = new CryptoStream(to, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)) {
writer.Write(valueBytes, 0, valueBytes.Length);
writer.FlushFinalBlock();
encrypted = to.ToArray();
}
}
}
cipher.Clear();
}
return Convert.ToBase64String(encrypted);
}
public static string Decrypt(string value, string password) {
return Decrypt<AesManaged>(value, password);
}
public static string Decrypt<T>(string value, string password) where T : SymmetricAlgorithm, new() {
byte[] vectorBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_vector);
byte[] saltBytes = GetBytes<ASCIIEncoding>(_salt);
byte[] valueBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(value);
byte[] decrypted;
int decryptedByteCount = 0;
using (T cipher = new T()) {
PasswordDeriveBytes _passwordBytes = new PasswordDeriveBytes(password, saltBytes, _hash, _iterations);
byte[] keyBytes = _passwordBytes.GetBytes(_keySize / 8);
cipher.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
try {
using (ICryptoTransform decryptor = cipher.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, vectorBytes)) {
using (MemoryStream from = new MemoryStream(valueBytes)) {
using (CryptoStream reader = new CryptoStream(from, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read)) {
decrypted = new byte[valueBytes.Length];
decryptedByteCount = reader.Read(decrypted, 0, decrypted.Length);
}
}
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
return String.Empty;
}
cipher.Clear();
}
return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decrypted, 0, decryptedByteCount);
}
}
}
The code is very simple to use. It literally just requires the following:
string encrypted = Cryptography.Encrypt(data, "testpass");
string decrypted = Cryptography.Decrypt(encrypted, "testpass");
By default, the implementation uses AesManaged - but you could actually also insert any other SymmetricAlgorithm. A list of the available SymmetricAlgorithm inheritors for .NET 4.5 can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.symmetricalgorithm.aspx
As of the time of this post, the current list includes:
AesManaged
RijndaelManaged
DESCryptoServiceProvider
RC2CryptoServiceProvider
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider
To use RijndaelManaged with the code above, as an example, you would use:
string encrypted = Cryptography.Encrypt<RijndaelManaged>(dataToEncrypt, password);
string decrypted = Cryptography.Decrypt<RijndaelManaged>(encrypted, password);
I hope this is helpful to someone out there.

Look at sample in here..
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rijndaelmanaged(v=VS.100).aspx#Y2262
The example on MSDN does not run normally (an error occurs) because there is no initial value of Initial Vector(iv) and Key. I add 2 line code and now work normally.
More details see below:
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace AES_TESTER
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
string original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";
MessageBox.Show("Original: " + original);
// Create a new instance of the RijndaelManaged
// class. This generates a new key and initialization
// vector (IV).
using (RijndaelManaged myRijndael = new RijndaelManaged())
{
myRijndael.GenerateKey();
myRijndael.GenerateIV();
// Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
byte[] encrypted = EncryptStringToBytes(original, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
foreach (byte item in encrypted)
{
s.Append(item.ToString("X2") + " ");
}
MessageBox.Show("Encrypted: " + s);
// Decrypt the bytes to a string.
string decrypted = DecryptStringFromBytes(encrypted, myRijndael.Key, myRijndael.IV);
//Display the original data and the decrypted data.
MessageBox.Show("Decrypted: " + decrypted);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
static byte[] EncryptStringToBytes(string plainText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (plainText == null || plainText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
byte[] encrypted;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
rijAlg.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
rijAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijAlg.CreateEncryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for encryption.
using (MemoryStream msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
{
//Write all data to the stream.
swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
}
encrypted = msEncrypt.ToArray();
}
}
}
// Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
return encrypted;
}
static string DecryptStringFromBytes(byte[] cipherText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
{
// Check arguments.
if (cipherText == null || cipherText.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
// Declare the string used to hold
// the decrypted text.
string plaintext = null;
// Create an RijndaelManaged object
// with the specified key and IV.
using (RijndaelManaged rijAlg = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijAlg.Key = Key;
rijAlg.IV = IV;
rijAlg.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
rijAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
// Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijAlg.CreateDecryptor(rijAlg.Key, rijAlg.IV);
// Create the streams used for decryption.
using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
{
// Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
// and place them in a string.
plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
return plaintext;
}
}
}

Using AES or implementing AES? To use AES, there is the System.Security.Cryptography.RijndaelManaged class.

For a more complete example that performs key derivation in addition to the AES encryption, see the answer and links posted in Getting AES encryption to work across Javascript and C#.
EDIT
a side note: Javascript Cryptography considered harmful. Worth the read.

//Code to encrypt Data :
public byte[] encryptdata(byte[] bytearraytoencrypt, string key, string iv)
{
AesCryptoServiceProvider dataencrypt = new AesCryptoServiceProvider();
//Block size : Gets or sets the block size, in bits, of the cryptographic operation.
dataencrypt.BlockSize = 128;
//KeySize: Gets or sets the size, in bits, of the secret key
dataencrypt.KeySize = 128;
//Key: Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption.
dataencrypt.Key = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);
//IV : Gets or sets the initialization vector (IV) for the symmetric algorithm
dataencrypt.IV = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(iv);
//Padding: Gets or sets the padding mode used in the symmetric algorithm
dataencrypt.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
//Mode: Gets or sets the mode for operation of the symmetric algorithm
dataencrypt.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
//Creates a symmetric AES encryptor object using the current key and initialization vector (IV).
ICryptoTransform crypto1 = dataencrypt.CreateEncryptor(dataencrypt.Key, dataencrypt.IV);
//TransformFinalBlock is a special function for transforming the last block or a partial block in the stream.
//It returns a new array that contains the remaining transformed bytes. A new array is returned, because the amount of
//information returned at the end might be larger than a single block when padding is added.
byte[] encrypteddata = crypto1.TransformFinalBlock(bytearraytoencrypt, 0, bytearraytoencrypt.Length);
crypto1.Dispose();
//return the encrypted data
return encrypteddata;
}
//code to decrypt data
private byte[] decryptdata(byte[] bytearraytodecrypt, string key, string iv)
{
AesCryptoServiceProvider keydecrypt = new AesCryptoServiceProvider();
keydecrypt.BlockSize = 128;
keydecrypt.KeySize = 128;
keydecrypt.Key = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);
keydecrypt.IV = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(iv);
keydecrypt.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
keydecrypt.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
ICryptoTransform crypto1 = keydecrypt.CreateDecryptor(keydecrypt.Key, keydecrypt.IV);
byte[] returnbytearray = crypto1.TransformFinalBlock(bytearraytodecrypt, 0, bytearraytodecrypt.Length);
crypto1.Dispose();
return returnbytearray;
}

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/769741/Csharp-AES-bits-Encryption-Library-with-Salt
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.IO;
 
public byte[] AES_Encrypt(byte[] bytesToBeEncrypted, byte[] passwordBytes)
{
byte[] encryptedBytes = null;
byte[] saltBytes = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (RijndaelManaged AES = new RijndaelManaged())
{
AES.KeySize = 256;
AES.BlockSize = 128;
var key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltBytes, 1000);
AES.Key = key.GetBytes(AES.KeySize / 8);
AES.IV = key.GetBytes(AES.BlockSize / 8);
AES.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, AES.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(bytesToBeEncrypted, 0, bytesToBeEncrypted.Length);
cs.Close();
}
encryptedBytes = ms.ToArray();
}
}
return encryptedBytes;
}
public byte[] AES_Decrypt(byte[] bytesToBeDecrypted, byte[] passwordBytes)
{
byte[] decryptedBytes = null;
byte[] saltBytes = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (RijndaelManaged AES = new RijndaelManaged())
{
AES.KeySize = 256;
AES.BlockSize = 128;
var key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltBytes, 1000);
AES.Key = key.GetBytes(AES.KeySize / 8);
AES.IV = key.GetBytes(AES.BlockSize / 8);
AES.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, AES.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(bytesToBeDecrypted, 0, bytesToBeDecrypted.Length);
cs.Close();
}
decryptedBytes = ms.ToArray();
}
}
return decryptedBytes;
}

Try this code, maybe useful.
1.Create New C# Project and add follows code to Form1:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace ExampleCrypto
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string strOriginalData = string.Empty;
string strEncryptedData = string.Empty;
string strDecryptedData = string.Empty;
strOriginalData = "this is original data 1234567890"; // your original data in here
MessageBox.Show("ORIGINAL DATA:\r\n" + strOriginalData);
clsCrypto aes = new clsCrypto();
aes.IV = "this is your IV"; // your IV
aes.KEY = "this is your KEY"; // your KEY
strEncryptedData = aes.Encrypt(strOriginalData, CipherMode.CBC); // your cipher mode
MessageBox.Show("ENCRYPTED DATA:\r\n" + strEncryptedData);
strDecryptedData = aes.Decrypt(strEncryptedData, CipherMode.CBC);
MessageBox.Show("DECRYPTED DATA:\r\n" + strDecryptedData);
}
}
}
2.Create clsCrypto.cs and copy paste follows code in your class and run your code. I used MD5 to generated Initial Vector(IV) and KEY of AES.
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata.W3cXsd2001;
namespace ExampleCrypto
{
public class clsCrypto
{
private string _KEY = string.Empty;
protected internal string KEY
{
get
{
return _KEY;
}
set
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
_KEY = value;
}
}
}
private string _IV = string.Empty;
protected internal string IV
{
get
{
return _IV;
}
set
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
_IV = value;
}
}
}
private string CalcMD5(string strInput)
{
string strOutput = string.Empty;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput))
{
try
{
StringBuilder strHex = new StringBuilder();
using (MD5 md5 = MD5.Create())
{
byte[] bytArText = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strInput);
byte[] bytArHash = md5.ComputeHash(bytArText);
for (int i = 0; i < bytArHash.Length; i++)
{
strHex.Append(bytArHash[i].ToString("X2"));
}
strOutput = strHex.ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
return strOutput;
}
private byte[] GetBytesFromHexString(string strInput)
{
byte[] bytArOutput = new byte[] { };
if ((!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput)) && strInput.Length % 2 == 0)
{
SoapHexBinary hexBinary = null;
try
{
hexBinary = SoapHexBinary.Parse(strInput);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
bytArOutput = hexBinary.Value;
}
return bytArOutput;
}
private byte[] GenerateIV()
{
byte[] bytArOutput = new byte[] { };
try
{
string strIV = CalcMD5(IV);
bytArOutput = GetBytesFromHexString(strIV);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
return bytArOutput;
}
private byte[] GenerateKey()
{
byte[] bytArOutput = new byte[] { };
try
{
string strKey = CalcMD5(KEY);
bytArOutput = GetBytesFromHexString(strKey);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
return bytArOutput;
}
protected internal string Encrypt(string strInput, CipherMode cipherMode)
{
string strOutput = string.Empty;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput))
{
try
{
byte[] bytePlainText = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strInput);
using (RijndaelManaged rijManaged = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijManaged.Mode = cipherMode;
rijManaged.BlockSize = 128;
rijManaged.KeySize = 128;
rijManaged.IV = GenerateIV();
rijManaged.Key = GenerateKey();
rijManaged.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
ICryptoTransform icpoTransform = rijManaged.CreateEncryptor(rijManaged.Key, rijManaged.IV);
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cpoStream = new CryptoStream(memStream, icpoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cpoStream.Write(bytePlainText, 0, bytePlainText.Length);
cpoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
}
strOutput = Encoding.Default.GetString(memStream.ToArray());
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
return strOutput;
}
protected internal string Decrypt(string strInput, CipherMode cipherMode)
{
string strOutput = string.Empty;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strInput))
{
try
{
byte[] byteCipherText = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strInput);
byte[] byteBuffer = new byte[strInput.Length];
using (RijndaelManaged rijManaged = new RijndaelManaged())
{
rijManaged.Mode = cipherMode;
rijManaged.BlockSize = 128;
rijManaged.KeySize = 128;
rijManaged.IV = GenerateIV();
rijManaged.Key = GenerateKey();
rijManaged.Padding = PaddingMode.Zeros;
ICryptoTransform icpoTransform = rijManaged.CreateDecryptor(rijManaged.Key, rijManaged.IV);
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(byteCipherText))
{
using (CryptoStream cpoStream = new CryptoStream(memStream, icpoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
cpoStream.Read(byteBuffer, 0, byteBuffer.Length);
}
strOutput = Encoding.Default.GetString(byteBuffer);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
return strOutput;
}
}
}

You can use password from text box like key...
With this code you can encrypt/decrypt text, picture, word document, pdf....
public class Rijndael
{
private byte[] key;
private readonly byte[] vector = { 255, 64, 191, 111, 23, 3, 113, 119, 231, 121, 252, 112, 79, 32, 114, 156 };
ICryptoTransform EnkValue, DekValue;
public Rijndael(byte[] key)
{
this.key = key;
RijndaelManaged rm = new RijndaelManaged();
rm.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
EnkValue = rm.CreateEncryptor(key, vector);
DekValue = rm.CreateDecryptor(key, vector);
}
public byte[] Encrypt(byte[] byte)
{
byte[] enkByte= byte;
byte[] enkNewByte;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, EnkValue, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(enkByte, 0, enkByte.Length);
cs.FlushFinalBlock();
ms.Position = 0;
enkNewByte= new byte[ms.Length];
ms.Read(enkNewByte, 0, enkNewByte.Length);
}
}
return enkNeyByte;
}
public byte[] Dekrypt(byte[] enkByte)
{
byte[] dekByte;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, DekValue, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(enkByte, 0, enkByte.Length);
cs.FlushFinalBlock();
ms.Position = 0;
dekByte= new byte[ms.Length];
ms.Read(dekByte, 0, dekByte.Length);
}
}
return dekByte;
}
}
Convert password from text box to byte array...
private byte[] ConvertPasswordToByte(string password)
{
byte[] key = new byte[32];
for (int i = 0; i < passwprd.Length; i++)
{
key[i] = Convert.ToByte(passwprd[i]);
}
return key;
}

here is a neat and clean code to understand AES 256 algorithm implemented in C#
call Encrypt function as encryptedstring = cryptObj.Encrypt(username, "AGARAMUDHALA", "EZHUTHELLAM", "SHA1", 3, "#1B2c3D4e5F6g7H8", 256);
public class Crypt
{
public string Encrypt(string passtext, string passPhrase, string saltV, string hashstring, int Iterations, string initVect, int keysize)
{
string functionReturnValue = null;
// Convert strings into byte arrays.
// Let us assume that strings only contain ASCII codes.
// If strings include Unicode characters, use Unicode, UTF7, or UTF8
// encoding.
byte[] initVectorBytes = null;
initVectorBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(initVect);
byte[] saltValueBytes = null;
saltValueBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(saltV);
// Convert our plaintext into a byte array.
// Let us assume that plaintext contains UTF8-encoded characters.
byte[] plainTextBytes = null;
plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(passtext);
// First, we must create a password, from which the key will be derived.
// This password will be generated from the specified passphrase and
// salt value. The password will be created using the specified hash
// algorithm. Password creation can be done in several iterations.
PasswordDeriveBytes password = default(PasswordDeriveBytes);
password = new PasswordDeriveBytes(passPhrase, saltValueBytes, hashstring, Iterations);
// Use the password to generate pseudo-random bytes for the encryption
// key. Specify the size of the key in bytes (instead of bits).
byte[] keyBytes = null;
keyBytes = password.GetBytes(keysize/8);
// Create uninitialized Rijndael encryption object.
RijndaelManaged symmetricKey = default(RijndaelManaged);
symmetricKey = new RijndaelManaged();
// It is reasonable to set encryption mode to Cipher Block Chaining
// (CBC). Use default options for other symmetric key parameters.
symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
// Generate encryptor from the existing key bytes and initialization
// vector. Key size will be defined based on the number of the key
// bytes.
ICryptoTransform encryptor = default(ICryptoTransform);
encryptor = symmetricKey.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes);
// Define memory stream which will be used to hold encrypted data.
MemoryStream memoryStream = default(MemoryStream);
memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
// Define cryptographic stream (always use Write mode for encryption).
CryptoStream cryptoStream = default(CryptoStream);
cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write);
// Start encrypting.
cryptoStream.Write(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
// Finish encrypting.
cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
// Convert our encrypted data from a memory stream into a byte array.
byte[] cipherTextBytes = null;
cipherTextBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
// Close both streams.
memoryStream.Close();
cryptoStream.Close();
// Convert encrypted data into a base64-encoded string.
string cipherText = null;
cipherText = Convert.ToBase64String(cipherTextBytes);
functionReturnValue = cipherText;
return functionReturnValue;
}
public string Decrypt(string cipherText, string passPhrase, string saltValue, string hashAlgorithm, int passwordIterations, string initVector, int keySize)
{
string functionReturnValue = null;
// Convert strings defining encryption key characteristics into byte
// arrays. Let us assume that strings only contain ASCII codes.
// If strings include Unicode characters, use Unicode, UTF7, or UTF8
// encoding.
byte[] initVectorBytes = null;
initVectorBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(initVector);
byte[] saltValueBytes = null;
saltValueBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(saltValue);
// Convert our ciphertext into a byte array.
byte[] cipherTextBytes = null;
cipherTextBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
// First, we must create a password, from which the key will be
// derived. This password will be generated from the specified
// passphrase and salt value. The password will be created using
// the specified hash algorithm. Password creation can be done in
// several iterations.
PasswordDeriveBytes password = default(PasswordDeriveBytes);
password = new PasswordDeriveBytes(passPhrase, saltValueBytes, hashAlgorithm, passwordIterations);
// Use the password to generate pseudo-random bytes for the encryption
// key. Specify the size of the key in bytes (instead of bits).
byte[] keyBytes = null;
keyBytes = password.GetBytes(keySize / 8);
// Create uninitialized Rijndael encryption object.
RijndaelManaged symmetricKey = default(RijndaelManaged);
symmetricKey = new RijndaelManaged();
// It is reasonable to set encryption mode to Cipher Block Chaining
// (CBC). Use default options for other symmetric key parameters.
symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
// Generate decryptor from the existing key bytes and initialization
// vector. Key size will be defined based on the number of the key
// bytes.
ICryptoTransform decryptor = default(ICryptoTransform);
decryptor = symmetricKey.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes);
// Define memory stream which will be used to hold encrypted data.
MemoryStream memoryStream = default(MemoryStream);
memoryStream = new MemoryStream(cipherTextBytes);
// Define memory stream which will be used to hold encrypted data.
CryptoStream cryptoStream = default(CryptoStream);
cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read);
// Since at this point we don't know what the size of decrypted data
// will be, allocate the buffer long enough to hold ciphertext;
// plaintext is never longer than ciphertext.
byte[] plainTextBytes = null;
plainTextBytes = new byte[cipherTextBytes.Length + 1];
// Start decrypting.
int decryptedByteCount = 0;
decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
// Close both streams.
memoryStream.Close();
cryptoStream.Close();
// Convert decrypted data into a string.
// Let us assume that the original plaintext string was UTF8-encoded.
string plainText = null;
plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainTextBytes, 0, decryptedByteCount);
// Return decrypted string.
functionReturnValue = plainText;
return functionReturnValue;
}
}

How to encrypt/decrypt an XML file?

I am trying to encrypt/decrypt an XML file. I found this sample for encrypting but I do not know how to decrypt? Any idea? Thanks!
// Load this XML file
System.Xml.XmlDocument myDoc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
myDoc.Load(#"c:\persons.xml");
// Get a specified element to be encrypted
System.Xml.XmlElement element = myDoc.GetElementsByTagName("Persons")[0] as System.Xml.XmlElement;
// Create a new TripleDES key.
System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tDESkey = new System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
// Form a Encrypted XML with the Key
System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.EncryptedXml encr = new System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.EncryptedXml();
encr.AddKeyNameMapping("Deskey", tDESkey);
// Encrypt the element data
System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.EncryptedData ed = encr.Encrypt(element, "Deskey");
// Replace the existing data with the encrypted data
System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.EncryptedXml.ReplaceElement(element, ed, false);
// saves the xml file with encrypted data
myDoc.Save(#"c:\encryptedpersons.xml");
But I do not know how I would decrypt that? Any ideas? Thanks!

Something like this:
public static class Encryption
{
private const string InitVector = "T=A4rAzu94ez-dra";
private const int KeySize = 256;
private const int PasswordIterations = 1000; //2;
private const string SaltValue = "d=?ustAF=UstenAr3B#pRu8=ner5sW&h59_Xe9P2za-eFr2fa&ePHE#ras!a+uc#";
public static string Decrypt(string encryptedText, string passPhrase)
{
byte[] encryptedTextBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedText);
byte[] initVectorBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(InitVector);
byte[] passwordBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(passPhrase);
string plainText;
byte[] saltValueBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SaltValue);
Rfc2898DeriveBytes password = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltValueBytes, PasswordIterations);
byte[] keyBytes = password.GetBytes(KeySize / 8);
RijndaelManaged rijndaelManaged = new RijndaelManaged { Mode = CipherMode.CBC };
try
{
using (ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijndaelManaged.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes))
{
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(encryptedTextBytes))
{
using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
//TODO: Need to look into this more. Assuming encrypted text is longer than plain but there is probably a better way
byte[] plainTextBytes = new byte[encryptedTextBytes.Length];
int decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainTextBytes, 0, decryptedByteCount);
}
}
}
}
catch (CryptographicException)
{
plainText = string.Empty; // Assume the error is caused by an invalid password
}
return plainText;
}
public static string Encrypt(string plainText, string passPhrase)
{
string encryptedText;
byte[] initVectorBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(InitVector);
byte[] passwordBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(passPhrase);
byte[] plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
byte[] saltValueBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SaltValue);
Rfc2898DeriveBytes password = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltValueBytes, PasswordIterations);
byte[] keyBytes = password.GetBytes(KeySize / 8);
RijndaelManaged rijndaelManaged = new RijndaelManaged {Mode = CipherMode.CBC};
using (ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijndaelManaged.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes))
{
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cryptoStream.Write(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
byte[] cipherTextBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
encryptedText = Convert.ToBase64String(cipherTextBytes);
}
}
}
return encryptedText;
}
}
Edit:
Sani Huttunen pointed out that my static implementation above has a severe performance issue if you will be encrypting multiple pieces of data using the same password. You can read more about it here: http://jmpstart.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/proper-use-of-rfc2898derivebytes/
Edit: A non-static implementation that is much more efficient if you need to perform multiple encryptions/decryptions using the same password (~32ms original ~1ms new).
public class SimpleEncryption
{
#region Constructor
public SimpleEncryption(string password)
{
byte[] passwordBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
byte[] saltValueBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SaltValue);
_DeriveBytes = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltValueBytes, PasswordIterations);
_InitVectorBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(InitVector);
_KeyBytes = _DeriveBytes.GetBytes(32);
}
#endregion
#region Private Fields
private readonly Rfc2898DeriveBytes _DeriveBytes;
private readonly byte[] _InitVectorBytes;
private readonly byte[] _KeyBytes;
#endregion
private const string InitVector = "T=A4rAzu94ez-dra";
private const int PasswordIterations = 1000; //2;
private const string SaltValue = "d=?ustAF=UstenAr3B#pRu8=ner5sW&h59_Xe9P2za-eFr2fa&ePHE#ras!a+uc#";
public string Decrypt(string encryptedText)
{
byte[] encryptedTextBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedText);
string plainText;
RijndaelManaged rijndaelManaged = new RijndaelManaged { Mode = CipherMode.CBC };
try
{
using (ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijndaelManaged.CreateDecryptor(_KeyBytes, _InitVectorBytes))
{
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(encryptedTextBytes))
{
using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
{
//TODO: Need to look into this more. Assuming encrypted text is longer than plain but there is probably a better way
byte[] plainTextBytes = new byte[encryptedTextBytes.Length];
int decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainTextBytes, 0, decryptedByteCount);
}
}
}
}
catch (CryptographicException exception)
{
plainText = string.Empty; // Assume the error is caused by an invalid password
}
return plainText;
}
public string Encrypt(string plainText)
{
string encryptedText;
byte[] plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
RijndaelManaged rijndaelManaged = new RijndaelManaged {Mode = CipherMode.CBC};
using (ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijndaelManaged.CreateEncryptor(_KeyBytes, _InitVectorBytes))
{
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cryptoStream.Write(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
byte[] cipherTextBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
encryptedText = Convert.ToBase64String(cipherTextBytes);
}
}
}
return encryptedText;
}
}

There's a complete example on MSDN, although is uses RSA and not TripleDES.