Aes Constructor

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:

Aes.cs

Initializes a new instance of the Aes class.

C#

protected Aes();

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to encrypt and decrypt sample data using the Aes class.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace Aes_Example
{
    class AesExample
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            string original = "Here is some data to encrypt!";

            // Create a new instance of the Aes
            // class.  This generates a new key and initialization
            // vector (IV).
            using (Aes myAes = Aes.Create())
            {

                // Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
                byte[] encrypted = EncryptStringToBytes_Aes(original, myAes.Key, myAes.IV);

                // Decrypt the bytes to a string.
                string roundtrip = DecryptStringFromBytes_Aes(encrypted, myAes.Key, myAes.IV);

                //Display the original data and the decrypted data.
                Console.WriteLine("Original:   {0}", original);
                Console.WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip);
            }
        }
        static byte[] EncryptStringToBytes_Aes(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 Aes object
            // with the specified key and IV.
            using (Aes aesAlg = Aes.Create())
            {
                aesAlg.Key = Key;
                aesAlg.IV = IV;

                // Create an encryptor to perform the stream transform.
                ICryptoTransform encryptor = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.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_Aes(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 Aes object
            // with the specified key and IV.
            using (Aes aesAlg = Aes.Create())
            {
                aesAlg.Key = Key;
                aesAlg.IV = IV;

                // Create a decryptor to perform the stream transform.
                ICryptoTransform decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.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;
        }
    }
}

F#

open System
open System.IO
open System.Security.Cryptography

let encryptStringToBytes_Aes (plainText: string, key : byte[], iv : byte[]) : byte[] =

    // Check arguments.
    if (isNull plainText || plainText.Length <= 0) then nullArg "plainText"
    if (isNull key || key.Length <= 0) then nullArg "key"
    if (isNull iv || iv.Length <= 0) then nullArg "iv"
    
    // Create an Aes object
    // with the specified key and IV.
    use aesAlg = Aes.Create()
    aesAlg.Key <- key
    aesAlg.IV <- iv

    // Create an encryptor to perform the stream transform.
    let encryptor = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV)

    // Create the streams used for encryption.
    use msEncrypt = new MemoryStream()
    use csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)
    use swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt)
    
    //Write all data to the stream.
    swEncrypt.Write(plainText)
    swEncrypt.Flush()
    
    // Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
    msEncrypt.ToArray()

let decryptStringFromBytes_Aes (cipherText : byte[], key : byte[], iv : byte[]) : string =

    // Check arguments.
    if (isNull cipherText || cipherText.Length <= 0) then nullArg "cipherText"
    if (isNull key || key.Length <= 0) then nullArg "key"
    if (isNull iv || iv.Length <= 0) then nullArg "iv"

    // Create an Aes object
    // with the specified key and IV.
    use aesAlg = Aes.Create()
    aesAlg.Key <- key
    aesAlg.IV <- iv

    // Create a decryptor to perform the stream transform.
    let decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV)

    // Create the streams used for decryption.
    use msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText)
    use csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read)
    use srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt)

    // Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
    // and return the resulting string.
    srDecrypt.ReadToEnd()

[<EntryPoint>]
let main argv = 

    let original = "Here is some data to encrypt!"

    // Create a new instance of the Aes
    // class.  This generates a new key and initialization 
    // vector (IV).
    use myAes = Aes.Create()

    // Encrypt the string to an array of bytes.
    let encrypted = encryptStringToBytes_Aes(original, myAes.Key, myAes.IV)

    // Decrypt the bytes to a string.
    let roundtrip = decryptStringFromBytes_Aes(encrypted, myAes.Key, myAes.IV)

    //Display the original data and the decrypted data.
    Console.WriteLine("Original:   {0}", original)
    Console.WriteLine("Round Trip: {0}", roundtrip)
    0

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