Byte array to string and back - newbie question

popsovy_at_rusmex.com
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 21:06:06 -0800

Hi,

I am trying to implement DES algorithm as described in the Microsoft article at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/SecNetHT10.asp.

The problem is that I need to save the data in the database as String, and for that I have to convet from Byte array to string and back.

When I cast a byte array into a string and then back to a byte array, I don't get the same array. For example:

Dim SecretText As Byte()
Dim SecretText1 As Byte()
Dim Text as string
.....
SecretText = enc.Encrypt(Data, Key, Vector) 'returns Byte Array
Text = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(SecretText) 'convert to string in order to save into the DB
....
....
....
SecretText1 = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Text) 'prepare for decryption routine

At the end, SecretText1 does NOT equal to SecretText, and I want it to be. How should I do the conversion correctly?

Thanks!!!

Zhenya
http://www.rusmex.com

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