ProtectedKey.Unprotect Method

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Returns the decrypted symmetric key.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography (in Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
PublicOverridableFunctionUnprotectAs Byte()
publicvirtual byte[] Unprotect()
public:
virtualarray<unsigned char>^ Unprotect()
publicfunctionUnprotect() : byte[]

Return Value

Unencrypted symmetric key. It is the responsibility of the caller of this method to clear the returned byte array.

See Also

ProtectedKey Class

Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography Namespace

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