System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm.GenerateKey Method

When overridden in a derived class, generates a random key (SymmetricAlgorithm.Key) to use for the algorithm.

Syntax

public abstract void GenerateKey ()

Remarks

In general, there is no reason to use this method, because CreateEncryptor() or CreateEncryptor(null, null) automatically generates both an initialization vector and a key. However, you may want to use the SymmetricAlgorithm.GenerateKey method to reuse a symmetric algorithm instance with a different key.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0