'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function Encrypt( _
   ByVal keyStore As DataProtectionStore, _
   ByVal plainBytes() As Byte, _
   ByVal entropy() As Byte _
) As Byte()

public static byte[] Encrypt( 
   DataProtectionStore keyStore,
   byte[] plainBytes,
   byte[] entropy
)

Parameters

keyStore

Specifies which key store to use (User or Machine)

plainBytes

The plain, or unencrypted, bytes to encrypt

entropy

The entropy, or "password" to use to encryptthis data. The value must be used to decrypt the data.

Return Value

It is important not to lose the entropy used to encrypt this data. If the entropy is lost, the data cannot be decrypted. If the entropy must be stored, do not store it with the encrypted payload.

 WARNING: The encryption produced by this class is only usable from the machine on which the encryption occurred. The encrypted text cannot be used by a different computer.

Reference

DataProtector Class
DataProtector Members
Overload List