CngKey.Import Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Creates a new key by importing key material into the key storage provider (KSP).

Overloads

Import(Byte[], CngKeyBlobFormat, CngProvider)	Creates a new key by importing the specified key material into the specified key storage provider (KSP), using the specified format.
Import(Byte[], CngKeyBlobFormat)	Creates a new key by importing the specified key material into the default key storage provider (KSP) and using the specified format.

Import(Byte[], CngKeyBlobFormat, CngProvider)

Source:

Cng.NotSupported.cs

Creates a new key by importing the specified key material into the specified key storage provider (KSP), using the specified format.

public:
 static System::Security::Cryptography::CngKey ^ Import(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ keyBlob, System::Security::Cryptography::CngKeyBlobFormat ^ format, System::Security::Cryptography::CngProvider ^ provider);

[System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
public static System.Security.Cryptography.CngKey Import (byte[] keyBlob, System.Security.Cryptography.CngKeyBlobFormat format, System.Security.Cryptography.CngProvider provider);

[<System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")>]
static member Import : byte[] * System.Security.Cryptography.CngKeyBlobFormat * System.Security.Cryptography.CngProvider -> System.Security.Cryptography.CngKey

Public Shared Function Import (keyBlob As Byte(), format As CngKeyBlobFormat, provider As CngProvider) As CngKey

Parameters

keyBlob

Byte[]

An array that contains the key information.

format

CngKeyBlobFormat

An object that specifies the format of the keyBlob array.

provider

CngProvider

The KSP.

Returns

CngKey

A new key.

Attributes

SupportedOSPlatformAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

keyBlob, format, or provider is null.

PlatformNotSupportedException

Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) is not supported on this system.

CryptographicException

All other errors.

Remarks

Important

On Windows operating systems before Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, some CNG key binary large object (BLOB) formats are not supported.

Import(Byte[], CngKeyBlobFormat)

Source:

Cng.NotSupported.cs

Creates a new key by importing the specified key material into the default key storage provider (KSP) and using the specified format.

public:
 static System::Security::Cryptography::CngKey ^ Import(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ keyBlob, System::Security::Cryptography::CngKeyBlobFormat ^ format);

[System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
public static System.Security.Cryptography.CngKey Import (byte[] keyBlob, System.Security.Cryptography.CngKeyBlobFormat format);

[<System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")>]
static member Import : byte[] * System.Security.Cryptography.CngKeyBlobFormat -> System.Security.Cryptography.CngKey

Public Shared Function Import (keyBlob As Byte(), format As CngKeyBlobFormat) As CngKey

Parameters

keyBlob

Byte[]

An array that contains the key information.

format

CngKeyBlobFormat

An object that specifies the format of the keyBlob array.

Returns

CngKey

A new key.

Attributes

SupportedOSPlatformAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

keyBlob or format is null.

PlatformNotSupportedException

Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) is not supported on this system.

CryptographicException

All other errors.

Remarks

The default KSP is MicrosoftSoftwareKeyStorageProvider.

Important

On Windows operating systems before Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, some CNG key binary large object (BLOB) formats are not supported.