Re: Asymetric Encryption - What am I doing wrong?

From: William Stacey [MVP] (staceyw@mvps.org)
Date: 04/06/03

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    From: "William Stacey [MVP]" <staceyw@mvps.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 16:09:49 -0400

    Q - How do you protect a private key in this case, when it is persisted to a
    file? 

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William Stacey, MVP
"Etienne Charland" <mystery@golden.net> wrote in message
news:uzk0Y58#CHA.2052@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> It's easy to put the content of the RSA parameters to a file. You can call
> myRSA.ToXmlString to get all the data in a string (in XML format). You put
> that string in a file. To get it back, you call FromXmlString.
>
> Etienne
>
> "David S." <pleasenospamjustdave2@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:eGigfa8#CHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Allen,
> >
> > You are correct, In a previous attempt I found that I had success
> encrypting
> > and decrypting on the same system.
> >
> > I tried to follow this example:
> > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020630.asp
> >
> > And it looks simple enough, but I wonder if there is something more than
> > just the keys that must be exported...
> >
> > I don't see an easy way of writing the entire set of RSA parameters to a
> > file, and I am beginning to think that I am missing a seed value or
> > something that is still in the local keystore.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > "Allen Jones" <agj@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> > news:ORZfhp6#CHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > One suggestion.
> > >
> > > Try getting your system working by persisting your asymmetric keys to
a
> > CSP
> > > key container using the CspParameters class.
> > >
> > > At least then you can determine if it is how you are storing and
> > retrieving
> > > your keys.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Allen
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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