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Inherent encryption in .NET 2.0?

Author
12 May 2006 2:16 AM
Adam Honek
Hi all,

Is there any inherent basic encryption available in the string namespace
in .NET 2.0???

Thanks,
Adam

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12 May 2006 3:37 AM
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> Is there any inherent basic encryption available in the string namespace
> in .NET 2.0???

Like simple scrambling of strings? You can use something like MD5 or
SHA1... but those are Hashes rather than encryption.
Author
12 May 2006 4:26 AM
Adam Honek
Yes anything without pulling the text through an encryption function each
time.

Adam

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>> Is there any inherent basic encryption available in the string namespace
>> in .NET 2.0???
>
> Like simple scrambling of strings? You can use something like MD5 or
> SHA1... but those are Hashes rather than encryption.
Author
12 May 2006 9:15 AM
Patrice
You have also the new SecureString class :
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7kt014s1(vs.80).aspx

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> Yes anything without pulling the text through an encryption function each
> time.
>
> Adam
>
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>> "Adam Honek" <AdamHo***@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:OAUkToWdGHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>>
>>> Is there any inherent basic encryption available in the string namespace
>>> in .NET 2.0???
>>
>> Like simple scrambling of strings? You can use something like MD5 or
>> SHA1... but those are Hashes rather than encryption.
>
>
Author
12 May 2006 11:37 AM
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
"Adam Honek" <AdamHo***@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> schrieb:
> Is there any inherent basic encryption available in the string namespace
> in .NET 2.0???

..NET 2.0:  'System.Security.SecureString'.

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