<cryptoClasses> Element

Contains a list of cryptography classes that have a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.

<configuration> Element
  <mscorlib> Element for Cryptography Settings
    <cryptographySettings> Element
      <cryptoNameMapping> Element
        <cryptoClasses> Element

<cryptoClasses> 
</cryptoClasses>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
<cryptoClass>	Contains a cryptography class that has a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
cryptographySettings	Contains cryptography settings.
cryptoNameMapping	Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.
mscorlib	Contains the cryptographySettings element.

Example

The following example shows how use the <cryptoClass> element to reference a cryptography class and to configure the runtime. You can then pass the string "RSA" to the CryptoConfig.CreateFromName method and use the Create method to return a MyCryptoRSAClass object.

<configuration>
   <mscorlib>
      <cryptographySettings>
         <cryptoNameMapping>
            <cryptoClasses>
               <cryptoClass   MyCryptoRSA="MyCryptoRSAClass, MyAssembly
                  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a5d015c7d5a0b012,
                  Version=1.0.0.0"/>
               <!-- Other cryptography classes go here. -->
            </cryptoClasses>
            <nameEntry name="RSA" class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
            <nameEntry name="System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm"
                       class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
             <!-- Mappings to other cryptography classes go here. -->
         </cryptoNameMapping>
      </cryptographySettings>
   </mscorlib>
</configuration>

See Also

Reference

Cryptography Settings Schema

System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName

System.Security.Cryptography

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework

Cryptographic Services

Configuring Cryptography Classes