simple string encryption

hi all,

I want to encrypt a string,
I was able to this is vb6 but that way doesn't seem to work in asp.net

so, any help?

oh and yeah I'm using ASP.net(vb).

thanks,

you wanting to encrypt stuff for database ? of just string

Ive got a class i wrote which does the encryption to triple des standard

I just want to encrypt strings, but I'm not using code behind?