ECDiffieHellmanCng.GenerateKey(ECCurve) Method

Definition

Generates a new ephemeral public/private key pair for the specified curve.

C#
public override void GenerateKey(System.Security.Cryptography.ECCurve curve);

Parameters

curve
ECCurve

The curve used to generate an ephemeral public/private key pair.

Exceptions

curve does not validate.

Remarks

curve must validate (that is, it must return true when passed to the ECCurve.Validate method) and must not be implicit.

Characteristic-2 curves are not supported on Windows.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5