Rfc2898DeriveBytes Class

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.DeriveBytes
    System.Security.Cryptography.Rfc2898DeriveBytes

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class Rfc2898DeriveBytes _
    Inherits DeriveBytes

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class Rfc2898DeriveBytes : DeriveBytes

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Rfc2898DeriveBytes(String, array<Byte[])	Initializes a new instance of the Rfc2898DeriveBytes class using a password and salt to derive the key.
	Rfc2898DeriveBytes(array<Byte[], array<Byte[], Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the Rfc2898DeriveBytes class using a password, a salt, and number of iterations to derive the key.
	Rfc2898DeriveBytes(String, array<Byte[], Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the Rfc2898DeriveBytes class using a password, a salt, and number of iterations to derive the key.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	IterationCount	Gets or sets the number of iterations for the operation.
	Salt	Gets or sets the key salt value for the operation.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetBytes	Returns a pseudo-random key from a password, salt and iteration count. (Overrides DeriveBytes.GetBytes(Int32).)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Reset	Resets the state of the operation. (Overrides DeriveBytes.Reset().)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Rfc2898DeriveBytes takes a password, a salt, and an iteration count, and then generates keys through calls to the GetBytes method.

RFC 2898 includes methods for creating a key and initialization vector (IV) from a password and salt. You can use PBKDF2, a password-based key derivation function, to derive keys using a pseudo-random function that allows keys of virtually unlimited length to be generated. The Rfc2898DeriveBytes class can be used to produce a derived key from a base key and other parameters. In a password-based key derivation function, the base key is a password and the other parameters are a salt value and an iteration count.

For more information about PBKDF2, see RFC 2898, "PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.0," available on the Request for Comments Web site. See section 5.2, "PBKDF2," for complete details.

Security Note:
Never hard-code a password within your source code. Hard-coded passwords can be retrieved from an assembly by using the Microsoft Intermediate Language Disassembler (Ildasm.exe), by using a hexadecimal editor, or by simply opening up the assembly in a text editor such as Notepad.exe.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Rfc2898DeriveBytes class to encrypt an isolated storage file. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the AesManaged class.

AesManaged#3

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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