RSACryptoServiceProvider questions

From: Daryn Kiely (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:40:24 -0800

I have 2 questions regarding the RSACryptoServiceProvider
class:

1) Why is it that if I try to encrypt something that is
longer than 117 bytes I get an cryptographic exception
with an invalid length? My key is 1024 bits, so I would
expect to be able to use a block size of 128 bytes (ok, I
must be missing something here, but what????).

2) What does a Cryptograhic exception with the
message "Bad Data" really mean? I have not been able to
find any documentation anywhere and have been getting
this regularly when trying to decrypt a message. I am
just a little frustrated!!!

Thanks in advance.

Daryn Kiely

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