MembershipProvider.DecryptPassword(Byte[]) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

Assembly:: System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll

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Decrypts an encrypted password.

protected:
 virtual cli::array <System::Byte> ^ DecryptPassword(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ encodedPassword);

protected virtual byte[] DecryptPassword (byte[] encodedPassword);

abstract member DecryptPassword : byte[] -> byte[]
override this.DecryptPassword : byte[] -> byte[]

Protected Overridable Function DecryptPassword (encodedPassword As Byte()) As Byte()

Parameters

encodedPassword: Byte[]

A byte array that contains the encrypted password to decrypt.

Returns

Byte[]

A byte array that contains the decrypted password.

Exceptions

ProviderException

The ValidationKey property or DecryptionKey property is set to AutoGenerate.

PlatformNotSupportedException

This method is not available. This can occur if the application targets the .NET Framework 4 Client Profile. To prevent this exception, override the method, or change the application to target the full version of the .NET Framework.

Examples

For an example of a MembershipProvider implementation, see Implementing a Profile Provider.

Remarks

The DecryptPassword method is a virtual method that is provided for membership provider implementations to use when supporting encrypted password formats.

Applies to

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