Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Salt Property
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Gets or sets the key salt value for the operation.
Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Property Salt As Byte()
public byte[] Salt { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: array<System.Byte[]
The key salt value for the operation.
Exceptions
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentException | The specified salt size is smaller than 8 bytes. |
| ArgumentNullException | The salt is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). |
Remarks
Salt, a random set of bytes, is used to make unauthorized decrypting of a message more difficult. A dictionary attack is an attack in which the attacker attempts to decrypt an encrypted message by comparing the encrypted value with previously computed encrypted values for the most likely keys. This attack is made much more difficult by the introduction of salt, or random bytes, at the end of the password before the key derivation.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
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