SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core

Creates an instance of the SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider class and opens the specified algorithm for use.

public:
 static SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider ^ OpenAlgorithm(Platform::String ^ algorithm);

 static SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(winrt::hstring const& algorithm);

public static SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(string algorithm);

function openAlgorithm(algorithm)

Public Shared Function OpenAlgorithm (algorithm As String) As SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider

Parameters

algorithm

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

Algorithm name.

Returns

SymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider

Represents a symmetric key algorithm provider.

Remarks

The following algorithm names are supported for use in this method:

• No padding: + SymmetricAlgorithmNames.AesCbc

  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.AesEcb
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.DesCbc
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.DesEcb
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.Rc2Cbc
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.Rc2Ecb
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.TripleDesCbc
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.TripleDesEcb

• PKCS#7 block padding modes: + SymmetricAlgorithmNames.AesCbcPkcs7

  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.AesEcbPkcs7
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.DesCbcPkcs7
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.DesEcbPkcs7
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.Rc2CbcPkcs7
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.Rc2EcbPkcs7
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.TripleDesCbcPkcs7
  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.TripleDesEcbPkcs7

• Authenticated modes (see the EncryptedAndAuthenticatedData class): + SymmetricAlgorithmNames.AesCcm

  • SymmetricAlgorithmNames.AesGcm

• Stream Cipher: + SymmetricAlgorithmNames.Rc4