IDataProtector.Unprotect(Byte[]) Method

Definition

Cryptographically unprotects a piece of protected data.

public:
 cli::array <System::Byte> ^ Unprotect(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ protectedData);
public byte[] Unprotect (byte[] protectedData);
abstract member Unprotect : byte[] -> byte[]
Public Function Unprotect (protectedData As Byte()) As Byte()

Parameters

protectedData
Byte[]

The protected data to unprotect.

Returns

Byte[]

The plaintext form of the protected data.

Exceptions

Thrown if the protected data is invalid or malformed.

Applies to