System.Security.Cryptography

[escape0]

hi all

i want to encrypt a string (password) and store it in a database. in the .net-framework there is a namespace called System.Security.Cryptography which implements several algorithms (rc2, sha-1, md5...)

does anybody have experience with this namespace? all i want to to is encrypt (and decrypt) a string... the used encryption-algorithm is not important

thanks
robert

[pvb]

Here's a microsoft How-to that shows a pretty cool technique using that namespace: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...SecNetHT03.asp

[Athley]

...and heres a project example for encryption of a textfile, works with other types of streams.......

Encrypt and decrypt data

[EagleEye]

The problem I have found with VB.Net and reversible encryption is the inability to use thier methods for anything other than ASP.Net. If you do not plan the use this program over the internet the I suggest using the method proposed by pirate in this thread:

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=215106

[Pirate]

use this with the function in the above link to save encrypted values

MainData1.Recordset.Fields("Fieldname") = EncryptText(Txtbox.Text, Database_Password)