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KeyValue Field

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Represents the secret key for the symmetric algorithm.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  System.Security (in System.Security.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected KeyValue As CryptoKey
protected CryptoKey KeyValue
protected:
CryptoKey^ KeyValue
val mutable KeyValue: CryptoKey
protected var KeyValue : CryptoKey

Remarks

The secret key is used both for encryption and for decryption. For a symmetric algorithm to be successful, the secret key must be known only to the sender and the receiver. The valid key sizes are specified by the particular symmetric algorithm implementation and are listed in the LegalKeySizes property.

This field is accessed through the Key property.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

SymmetricAlgorithm Class

System.Security.Cryptography Namespace