SetRandomSecretKey method
Description
The SetRandomSecretKey method uses the Xceed Encryption Library's random number generator to create a Secret Key and then to automatically set the SecretKey property.
In order to accomplish this task, the library uses a hashing algorithm during the process. Before calling this method, you may want to change the default hashing algorithm (or its parameters) by using the HashingMethod property.
Parameters
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| nKeySize | The size (in bits) of the Secret Key to produce. The length of the secret key determines the amount of bits that the secret-key encryption algorithm will use for encryption, and can only be set to a valid key size (128, 192 or 256 bits for Rijndael
or Twofish
) or the library will raise an error.
When using the SetRandomSecretKey or SetSecretKeyFromPassPhrase methods, the key size represents the desired key length in number of bits (128, 192 or 256). |
Return value
None
Associated properties
Remarks
Please see the random number generator topic to learn about the limitations of random number generators.
| Declaration (DXceedEncryption and IXceedEncryption) |  Copy Code |
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