AES-256 Encryption in c#

Easy way to do this is to either call out to the openssl command line tool or use an openssl library binding.

If you call out to the openssl command line tool, your code will tend to work better across openssl releases, as a variety of errors seem to keep cropping up in c# bindings calling openssl libraries directly.

Thank you David Favor,
I don't understand what you are saying.

Thank you!

Radha,

On the page you linked, after the example, it says that the parameter KeySize can be assigned a Key Size, which will allow you to choose between 64, 128, or 256 Key Length. This is not show in the example, but it is possible.

EDIT: it looks like the KeySize is in bytes. which means you would uses a KeySize of 32bytes if you wanted 256Bit encryption.

Hope this helps,

Devin Becker
DevOps Associate @ EE

Thank you Devin.  Do you have any example or sample code to show me?  Thank you!

Radha,

Along with the link you had already posted, here is this information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.cryptography.aesmanaged.keysize?view=netframework-4.7.2#System_Security_Cryptography_AesManaged_KeySize

EDIT: Also worth noting the difference between bytes and bits. 1 Byte = a combination of 8 bits. 8 bits = 1 byte. 32 bytes = 256 bits. Keep this in mind when writing out your code.

Hope this helps,

Devin Becker
DevOps Associate @ EE

Hello Kyle,
I was looking at a another thread where it is defined like this.

                  CCEncryption.m_Key = new byte[0x20];
                  CCEncryption.m_IV = new byte[0x10];

Any idea what does it mean?  What are the variables m_Key and m_IV?   Why are they declared byte[0x20] and byte[0x10]?

I know these are stupid questions.  But, I did not understand.

Thank you!

Thank you guys for your help.