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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
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.