RSACryptoServiceProvider class

[dfa_geko]

Hi All,

Just had a question about the RSACryptoServiceProvider class. I'm kind of a
newbie at this.

In the following code at the end of the message, does the key get stored in
the User Profile key store in the OS? I'm assuming that if this is the case
then if I were to encrypt the file in one machine, it will not decrypt on
another as the key is stored in the OS. Am I right about that?

My other question is if I were to use this in ASP.NET, then the key would
be stored in the ASPNET account. As a regular user of the OS, the user can
not access the encrypted file that was created by the ASPNET account. Are
my assumptions correct?

Much Thanks,

dfa_geko
You can find the code at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ms229746.aspx

and also: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229919.aspx
using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;

class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create an XmlDocument object.
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();

// Load an XML file into the XmlDocument object.
try
{
xmlDoc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
xmlDoc.Load("test.xml");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}

// Create a new CspParameters object to specify
// a key container.
CspParameters cspParams = new CspParameters();
cspParams.KeyContainerName = "XML_ENC_RSA_KEY";

// Create a new RSA key and save it in the container. This key
will encrypt
// a symmetric key, which will then be encryped in the XML
document.
RSACryptoServiceProvider rsaKey = new RSACryptoServiceProvider
(cspParams);

try
{
// Encrypt the "creditcard" element.
Encrypt(xmlDoc, "creditcard", "EncryptedElement1", rsaKey,
"rsaKey");
// Save the XML document.
xmlDoc.Save("test.xml");

// Display the encrypted XML to the console.
Console.WriteLine("Encrypted XML:");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(xmlDoc.OuterXml);

}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
finally
{
// Clear the RSA key.
rsaKey.Clear();
}
Console.ReadLine();
}

public static void Encrypt(XmlDocument Doc, string ElementToEncrypt,
string EncryptionElementID, RSA Alg, string KeyName)
{
// Check the arguments.
if (Doc == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Doc");
if (ElementToEncrypt == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("ElementToEncrypt");
if (EncryptionElementID == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("EncryptionElementID");
if (Alg == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("Alg");
if (KeyName == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("KeyName");

////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Find the specified element in the XmlDocument
// object and create a new XmlElemnt object.
////////////////////////////////////////////////
XmlElement elementToEncrypt = Doc.GetElementsByTagName
(ElementToEncrypt)[0] as XmlElement;

// Throw an XmlException if the element was not found.
if (elementToEncrypt == null)
{
throw new XmlException("The specified element was not found");

}
RijndaelManaged sessionKey = null;

try
{
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Create a new instance of the EncryptedXml class
// and use it to encrypt the XmlElement with the
// a new random symmetric key.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Create a 256 bit Rijndael key.
sessionKey = new RijndaelManaged();
sessionKey.KeySize = 256;

EncryptedXml eXml = new EncryptedXml();

byte[] encryptedElement = eXml.EncryptData(elementToEncrypt,
sessionKey, false);
////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Construct an EncryptedData object and populate
// it with the desired encryption information.
////////////////////////////////////////////////

EncryptedData edElement = new EncryptedData();
edElement.Type = EncryptedXml.XmlEncElementUrl;
edElement.Id = EncryptionElementID;
// Create an EncryptionMethod element so that the
// receiver knows which algorithm to use for decryption.

edElement.EncryptionMethod = new EncryptionMethod
(EncryptedXml.XmlEncAES256Url);
// Encrypt the session key and add it to an EncryptedKey
element.
EncryptedKey ek = new EncryptedKey();

byte[] encryptedKey = EncryptedXml.EncryptKey(sessionKey.Key,
Alg, false);

ek.CipherData = new CipherData(encryptedKey);

ek.EncryptionMethod = new EncryptionMethod
(EncryptedXml.XmlEncRSA15Url);

// Create a new DataReference element
// for the KeyInfo element. This optional
// element specifies which EncryptedData
// uses this key. An XML document can have
// multiple EncryptedData elements that use
// different keys.
DataReference dRef = new DataReference();

// Specify the EncryptedData URI.
dRef.Uri = "#" + EncryptionElementID;

// Add the DataReference to the EncryptedKey.
ek.AddReference(dRef);
// Add the encrypted key to the
// EncryptedData object.

edElement.KeyInfo.AddClause(new KeyInfoEncryptedKey(ek));
// Set the KeyInfo element to specify the
// name of the RSA key.

// Create a new KeyInfo element.
edElement.KeyInfo = new KeyInfo();

// Create a new KeyInfoName element.
KeyInfoName kin = new KeyInfoName();

// Specify a name for the key.
kin.Value = KeyName;

// Add the KeyInfoName element to the
// EncryptedKey object.
ek.KeyInfo.AddClause(kin);
// Add the encrypted element data to the
// EncryptedData object.
edElement.CipherData.CipherValue = encryptedElement;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Replace the element from the original XmlDocument
// object with the EncryptedData element.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////
EncryptedXml.ReplaceElement(elementToEncrypt, edElement,
false);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
// re-throw the exception.
throw e;
}
finally
{
if (sessionKey != null)
{
sessionKey.Clear();
}

}

}

}