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How to encrypt/decrypt text using a X509Certificate & AES-256 algorithm [closed]

I have a X509 certificate that I would like to use to encrypt/decrypt password. However, I can only use AES-256 algorithm.

Everything I have found on the internet suggests to use RSACryptoServiceProvider, but that does not do AES-256 encryption.

I don't know a lot about encryption so some basic code examples would help a lot.

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Skadoosh Avatar asked Feb 07 '13 17:02

Skadoosh


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1 Answers

AES is a symmetric-key algorithm, meaning the same key is used for both encrypting and decrypting the data.

RSA is a asymmtric-key algorithm. The key in the public certificate is used for encrypting. A private key is then used for decrypting.

RSA cryptographic operations are time consuming. Normal practice is to generate a random AES key, encrypt the key with RSA and then encrypt the plain text with AES.

See how to use RSA to encrypt files (huge data) in C#

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Richard Schneider Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 01:09

Richard Schneider