Rsa.MakeKeys(String, String, Int32, Rsa.PublicExponent, Int32, String, Rsa.PbeOptions, Boolean, Byte[]) Method

Generate an RSA public/private key pair [DEPRECATED].

Syntax

[ObsoleteAttribute( "Use Rsa.MakeKeys( String, String, String, Int32, Rsa.PublicExponent, Rsa.PbeOptions, String, Rsa.Format, Boolean ) instead", false )]
public static int MakeKeys(
   string publicKeyFile,
   string privateKeyFile,
   int bits,
   Rsa.PublicExponent exponent,
   int iterCount,
   string password,
   Rsa.PbeOptions cryptOption,
   bool showProgress = false,
   byte[] seedBytes = null 
)

<ObsoleteAttribute( "Use Rsa.MakeKeys( String, String, String, Int32, Rsa.PublicExponent, Rsa.PbeOptions, String, Rsa.Format, Boolean ) instead", false )>
Public Shared Function MakeKeys (
   publicKeyFile As String,
   privateKeyFile As String,
   bits As Integer,
   exponent As Rsa.PublicExponent,
   iterCount As Integer,
   password As String,
   cryptOption As Rsa.PbeOptions,
   Optional showProgress As Boolean = false,
   Optional seedBytes As Byte() = Nothing 
) As Integer

Parameters

publicKeyFile  String

Output filename for public key

privateKeyFile  String

Output filename for (encrypted) private key

bits  Int32

Required key modulus size in bits (min 96)

exponent  Rsa.PublicExponent

Exponent (Fermat Prime)

iterCount  Int32

Iteration count for encrypted private key

password  String

Password string for encrypted private key

cryptOption  Rsa.PbeOptions

Option to specify encryption algorithm for private key

showProgress  Boolean  (Optional)

Indicate progress in console

seedBytes  Byte  (Optional)

(optional) User-supplied-entropy in byte format

Return Value

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: RSA_MakeKeys

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