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Generating AES-256 bits encryption key in C# ??
I want to generate AES encryption key to be sent to the the other party in order to communicate securely. In the beginning the two nodes will create a shared session key by using Deffie-Helman protocol, then one of them will genreate AES key and send it to the other node through the secure channel(i.e. DH protocol).
So Could you please help in generating AES-256 bits in C# without using it to encrypt any plaintext. I just want the key itself.
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So Could you please help in generating AES-256 bits in C# without using it to encrypt any plaintext. I just want the key itself.
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Since we are dealing with bytes, I'm not sure printing it to the screen is going to yield friendly, readable text. We're dealing with values from 0 - 255, and the first 32 values (i.e. 0 - 31) are the "non-printable" characters. As it sounds, you wouldn't see anything for those characters.
To print the numeric values themselves, you can loop through the array:
If you'd like to try and turn these into characters, then you can use the ASCII class to decode the values:
...but as I mentioned, I don't think this will be reliable for your purposes.
To print the numeric values themselves, you can loop through the array:
foreach (byte b in key)
{
Console.WriteLine(b.ToString());
}
If you'd like to try and turn these into characters, then you can use the ASCII class to decode the values:
string strKey = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(key);
...but as I mentioned, I don't think this will be reliable for your purposes.
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Ok thank you very much.
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Could you help in how to print the key.
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