TripleDES.Create Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Creates an instance of a cryptographic object to perform the TripleDES algorithm.

Overloads

Create()	Creates an instance of a cryptographic object to perform the TripleDES algorithm.
Create(String)	Obsolete. Creates an instance of a cryptographic object to perform the specified implementation of the TripleDES algorithm.

Create()

Source:

TripleDES.cs

Creates an instance of a cryptographic object to perform the TripleDES algorithm.

C#

[System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("browser")]
public static System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDES Create();

Returns

TripleDES

An instance of a cryptographic object.

Attributes

UnsupportedOSPlatformAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows how to create and use a TripleDES object to encrypt and decrypt data in a file.

C#

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

class TripleDESSample
{
    static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            byte[] key;
            byte[] iv;

            // Create a new TripleDES object to generate a random key
            // and initialization vector (IV).
            using (TripleDES tripleDes = TripleDES.Create())
            {
                key = tripleDes.Key;
                iv = tripleDes.IV;
            }

            // Create a string to encrypt.
            string original = "Here is some data to encrypt.";
            // The name/path of the file to write.
            string filename = "CText.enc";

            // Encrypt the string to a file.
            EncryptTextToFile(original, filename, key, iv);

            // Decrypt the file back to a string.
            string decrypted = DecryptTextFromFile(filename, key, iv);

            // Display the decrypted string to the console.
            Console.WriteLine(decrypted);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }
    }

    public static void EncryptTextToFile(string text, string path, byte[] key, byte[] iv)
    {
        try
        {
            // Create or open the specified file.
            using (FileStream fStream = File.Open(path, FileMode.Create))
            // Create a new TripleDES object.
            using (TripleDES tripleDes = TripleDES.Create())
            // Create a TripleDES encryptor from the key and IV
            using (ICryptoTransform encryptor = tripleDes.CreateEncryptor(key, iv))
            // Create a CryptoStream using the FileStream and encryptor
            using (var cStream = new CryptoStream(fStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            {
                // Convert the provided string to a byte array.
                byte[] toEncrypt = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text);

                // Write the byte array to the crypto stream.
                cStream.Write(toEncrypt, 0, toEncrypt.Length);
            }
        }
        catch (CryptographicException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
            throw;
        }
    }

    public static string DecryptTextFromFile(string path, byte[] key, byte[] iv)
    {
        try
        {
            // Open the specified file
            using (FileStream fStream = File.OpenRead(path))
            // Create a new TripleDES object.
            using (TripleDES tripleDes = TripleDES.Create())
            // Create a TripleDES decryptor from the key and IV
            using (ICryptoTransform decryptor = tripleDes.CreateDecryptor(key, iv))
            // Create a CryptoStream using the FileStream and decryptor
            using (var cStream = new CryptoStream(fStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
            // Create a StreamReader to turn the bytes back into text
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(cStream, Encoding.UTF8))
            {
                // Read back all of the text from the StreamReader, which receives
                // the decrypted bytes from the CryptoStream, which receives the
                // encrypted bytes from the FileStream.
                return reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }
        catch (CryptographicException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e.Message);
            throw;
        }
    }
}

The following code example shows how to create and use a TripleDES object to encrypt and decrypt data in memory.

C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
using namespace System::Text;
using namespace System::IO;

array<Byte>^ EncryptTextToMemory(String^ text, array<Byte>^ key, array<Byte>^ iv);
String^ DecryptTextFromMemory(array<Byte>^ encrypted, array<Byte>^ key, array<Byte>^ iv);

int main()
{
    try
    {
        array<Byte>^ key;
        array<Byte>^ iv;

        // Create a new TripleDES object to generate a random key
        // and initialization vector (IV).
        {
            TripleDES^ tripleDes;

            try
            {
                tripleDes = TripleDES::Create();
                key = tripleDes->Key;
                iv = tripleDes->IV;
            }
            finally
            {
                delete tripleDes;
            }
        }

        // Create a string to encrypt.
        String^ original = "Here is some data to encrypt.";

        // Encrypt the string to an in-memory buffer.
        array<Byte>^ encrypted = EncryptTextToMemory(original, key, iv);

        // Decrypt the buffer back to a string.
        String^ decrypted = DecryptTextFromMemory(encrypted, key, iv);

        // Display the decrypted string to the console.
        Console::WriteLine(decrypted);
    }
    catch (Exception^ e)
    {
        Console::WriteLine(e->Message);
    }
}

array<Byte>^ EncryptTextToMemory(String^ text, array<Byte>^ key, array<Byte>^ iv)
{
    MemoryStream^ mStream = nullptr;

    try
    {
        // Create a MemoryStream.
        mStream = gcnew MemoryStream;

        TripleDES^ tripleDes = nullptr;
        ICryptoTransform^ encryptor = nullptr;
        CryptoStream^ cStream = nullptr;

        try
        {
            // Create a new TripleDES object.
            tripleDes = TripleDES::Create();
            // Create a TripleDES encryptor from the key and IV
            encryptor = tripleDes->CreateEncryptor(key, iv);
            // Create a CryptoStream using the MemoryStream and encryptor
            cStream = gcnew CryptoStream(mStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode::Write);

            // Convert the provided string to a byte array.
            array<Byte>^ toEncrypt = Encoding::UTF8->GetBytes(text);

            // Write the byte array to the crypto stream.
            cStream->Write(toEncrypt, 0, toEncrypt->Length);

            // Disposing the CryptoStream completes the encryption and flushes the stream.
            delete cStream;

            // Get an array of bytes from the MemoryStream that holds the encrypted data.
            array<Byte>^ ret = mStream->ToArray();

            // Return the encrypted buffer.
            return ret;
        }
        finally
        {
            if (cStream != nullptr)
                delete cStream;

            if (encryptor != nullptr)
                delete encryptor;

            if (tripleDes != nullptr)
                delete tripleDes;
        }
    }
    catch (CryptographicException^ e)
    {
        Console::WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e->Message);
        throw;
    }
    finally
    {
        if (mStream != nullptr)
            delete mStream;
    }
}

String^ DecryptTextFromMemory(array<Byte>^ encrypted, array<Byte>^ key, array<Byte>^ iv)
{
    MemoryStream^ mStream = nullptr;
    TripleDES^ tripleDes = nullptr;
    ICryptoTransform^ decryptor = nullptr;
    CryptoStream^ cStream = nullptr;

    try
    {
        // Create buffer to hold the decrypted data.
        // TripleDES-encrypted data will always be slightly bigger than the decrypted data.
        array<Byte>^ decrypted = gcnew array<Byte>(encrypted->Length);
        Int32 offset = 0;

        // Create a new MemoryStream using the provided array of encrypted data.
        mStream = gcnew MemoryStream(encrypted);
        // Create a new TripleDES object.
        tripleDes = TripleDES::Create();
        // Create a TripleDES decryptor from the key and IV
        decryptor = tripleDes->CreateDecryptor(key, iv);
        // Create a CryptoStream using the MemoryStream and decryptor
        cStream = gcnew CryptoStream(mStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode::Read);

        // Keep reading from the CryptoStream until it finishes (returns 0).
        Int32 read = 1;

        while (read > 0)
        {
            read = cStream->Read(decrypted, offset, decrypted->Length - offset);
            offset += read;
        }

        // Convert the buffer into a string and return it.
        return Encoding::UTF8->GetString(decrypted, 0, offset);
    }
    catch (CryptographicException^ e)
    {
        Console::WriteLine("A Cryptographic error occurred: {0}", e->Message);
        throw;
    }
    finally
    {
        if (cStream != nullptr)
            delete cStream;

        if (decryptor != nullptr)
            delete decryptor;

        if (tripleDes != nullptr)
            delete tripleDes;

        if (mStream != nullptr)
            delete mStream;
    }
}

Remarks

Creates a new instance of the TripleDES class.

See also

• Cryptographic Services

Create(String)

Source:

TripleDES.cs

Caution

Cryptographic factory methods accepting an algorithm name are obsolete. Use the parameterless Create factory method on the algorithm type instead.

Creates an instance of a cryptographic object to perform the specified implementation of the TripleDES algorithm.

C#

[System.Obsolete("Cryptographic factory methods accepting an algorithm name are obsolete. Use the parameterless Create factory method on the algorithm type instead.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0045", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")]
public static System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDES? Create(string str);

Parameters

str

String

The name of the specific implementation of TripleDES to use.

Returns

TripleDES

An instance of a cryptographic object.

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

See also

• Cryptographic Services