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Article PS01042345
HOWTO: Using "raw" symmetric encryption keys with AspEncrypt |
Problem Description
A symmetric key may be provided to an application in the "raw" form, i.e. as a
sequence of bits, stripped of all version, header and padding information.
For example, a 128-bit RC2 key may be provided as a hex string, as follows: "1804A391BBD829605AE7DC3D30B8708B".
For AspEncrypt to use such a key for encryption or decryption, the key needs to be
imported into a CryptoKey object. However, the methods Context.ImportKeyFromBlob and Context.ImportKeyFromFile
only accept symmetric keys in a format generated by AspEncrypt itself, but
won't allow a key in the form of a "raw" sequence of bits to be imported.
Solution
Starting with Version 2.01 , AspEncrypt is capable of importing
"raw" keys via the method ImportRawKey , as follows:
Set CM = Server.CreateObject("Persits.CryptoManager")
Set Context = CM.OpenContext("", True)
Set Blob = CM.CreateBlob
Blob.Hex = "1804A391BBD829605AE7DC3D30B8708B"
Set Key = Context.ImportRawKey(Blob, calgRC2)
Key.DecryptFile "c:\file.txt.xxx", "c:\file.txt"
Created: 2/8/2002 4:49:01 AM
Last Modified: 2/9/2002 4:13:28 PM
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