ECDiffieHellmanOpenSsl.GenerateKey(ECCurve) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.dll

Generates a new ephemeral public/private key pair for the specified curve.

public:
 override void GenerateKey(System::Security::Cryptography::ECCurve curve);

public override void GenerateKey (System.Security.Cryptography.ECCurve curve);

override this.GenerateKey : System.Security.Cryptography.ECCurve -> unit

Public Overrides Sub GenerateKey (curve As ECCurve)

Parameters

curve

ECCurve

The curve used to generate an ephemeral public/private key pair.

Exceptions

CryptographicException

curve does not validate.

Remarks

curve must validate (that is, it must return true when passed to the ECCurve.Validate() method) and must not be implicit.