System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData
9.0.0
Prefix Reserved
dotnet add package System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData --version 9.0.0
NuGet\Install-Package System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData -Version 9.0.0
<PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="9.0.0" />
paket add System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData --version 9.0.0
#r "nuget: System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData, 9.0.0"
// Install System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData as a Cake Addin #addin nuget:?package=System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData&version=9.0.0 // Install System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData as a Cake Tool #tool nuget:?package=System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData&version=9.0.0
About
System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData offers a simplified interface for utilizing Microsoft Windows DPAPI's CryptProtectData and CryptUnprotectData functions.
Note: Since it relies on Windows DPAPI, this package is only supported on Windows platforms. For more complex cryptographic operations or cross-platform support, consider the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.
Key Features
- Built upon the robust and secure Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI).
- Data can be protected either for current process or for any process on the machine.
- Scope of protection can be defined either to the current user or the local machine.
How to Use
Utilizing this package is quite simple, and it mainly revolves around two methods: Protect and Unprotect.
Here, originalData is the data you want to protect, optionalEntropy is an additional byte array used to increase encryption complexity, and DataProtectionScope specifies whether the data protection should apply to the current user or the machine.
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
byte[] originalData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("This is a secret");
byte[] optionalEntropy = new byte[64];
Random.Shared.NextBytes(optionalEntropy);
// To protect:
byte[] encryptedData = ProtectedData.Protect(
originalData,
optionalEntropy,
DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
// To unprotect:
byte[] decryptedData = ProtectedData.Unprotect(
encryptedData,
optionalEntropy,
DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
Main Types
The main type provided by this library is:
System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData
Additional Documentation
Related Packages
- PKCS and CMS algorithms: System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs
Feedback & Contributing
System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
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| .NET | net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. |
| .NET Core | netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed. |
| .NET Standard | netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed. |
| .NET Framework | net461 was computed. net462 is compatible. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed. |
| MonoAndroid | monoandroid was computed. monoandroid10 is compatible. |
| MonoMac | monomac was computed. |
| MonoTouch | monotouch was computed. monotouch10 is compatible. |
| Tizen | tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed. |
| Xamarin.iOS | xamarinios was computed. xamarinios10 is compatible. |
| Xamarin.Mac | xamarinmac was computed. xamarinmac20 is compatible. |
| Xamarin.TVOS | xamarintvos was computed. xamarintvos10 is compatible. |
| Xamarin.WatchOS | xamarinwatchos was computed. xamarinwatchos10 is compatible. |
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.NETFramework 4.6.2
- No dependencies.
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.NETStandard 2.0
- System.Memory (>= 4.5.5)
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net8.0
- No dependencies.
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net9.0
- No dependencies.
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