C# RSA encryption/decryption with transmission
well there are really enough examples for this, but anyway, here you go
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace RsaCryptoExample
{
static class Program
{
static void Main()
{
//lets take a new CSP with a new 2048 bit rsa key pair
var csp = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(2048);
//how to get the private key
var privKey = csp.ExportParameters(true);
//and the public key ...
var pubKey = csp.ExportParameters(false);
//converting the public key into a string representation
string pubKeyString;
{
//we need some buffer
var sw = new System.IO.StringWriter();
//we need a serializer
var xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(RSAParameters));
//serialize the key into the stream
xs.Serialize(sw, pubKey);
//get the string from the stream
pubKeyString = sw.ToString();
}
//converting it back
{
//get a stream from the string
var sr = new System.IO.StringReader(pubKeyString);
//we need a deserializer
var xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(RSAParameters));
//get the object back from the stream
pubKey = (RSAParameters)xs.Deserialize(sr);
}
//conversion for the private key is no black magic either ... omitted
//we have a public key ... let's get a new csp and load that key
csp = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
csp.ImportParameters(pubKey);
//we need some data to encrypt
var plainTextData = "foobar";
//for encryption, always handle bytes...
var bytesPlainTextData = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(plainTextData);
//apply pkcs#1.5 padding and encrypt our data
var bytesCypherText = csp.Encrypt(bytesPlainTextData, false);
//we might want a string representation of our cypher text... base64 will do
var cypherText = Convert.ToBase64String(bytesCypherText);
/*
* some transmission / storage / retrieval
*
* and we want to decrypt our cypherText
*/
//first, get our bytes back from the base64 string ...
bytesCypherText = Convert.FromBase64String(cypherText);
//we want to decrypt, therefore we need a csp and load our private key
csp = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
csp.ImportParameters(privKey);
//decrypt and strip pkcs#1.5 padding
bytesPlainTextData = csp.Decrypt(bytesCypherText, false);
//get our original plainText back...
plainTextData = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bytesPlainTextData);
}
}
}
as a side note: the calls to Encrypt() and Decrypt() have a bool parameter that switches between OAEP and PKCS#1.5 padding ... you might want to choose OAEP if it's available in your situation
public static string Encryption(string strText)
{
var publicKey = "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>21wEnTU+mcD2w0Lfo1Gv4rtcSWsQJQTNa6gio05AOkV/Er9w3Y13Ddo5wGtjJ19402S71HUeN0vbKILLJdRSES5MHSdJPSVrOqdrll/vLXxDxWs/U0UT1c8u6k/Ogx9hTtZxYwoeYqdhDblof3E75d9n2F0Zvf6iTb4cI7j6fMs=</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent></RSAKeyValue>";
var testData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strText);
using (var rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(1024))
{
try
{
// client encrypting data with public key issued by server
rsa.FromXmlString(publicKey.ToString());
var encryptedData = rsa.Encrypt(testData, true);
var base64Encrypted = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData);
return base64Encrypted;
}
finally
{
rsa.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
}
}
}
public static string Decryption(string strText)
{
var privateKey = "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>21wEnTU+mcD2w0Lfo1Gv4rtcSWsQJQTNa6gio05AOkV/Er9w3Y13Ddo5wGtjJ19402S71HUeN0vbKILLJdRSES5MHSdJPSVrOqdrll/vLXxDxWs/U0UT1c8u6k/Ogx9hTtZxYwoeYqdhDblof3E75d9n2F0Zvf6iTb4cI7j6fMs=</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent><P>/aULPE6jd5IkwtWXmReyMUhmI/nfwfkQSyl7tsg2PKdpcxk4mpPZUdEQhHQLvE84w2DhTyYkPHCtq/mMKE3MHw==</P><Q>3WV46X9Arg2l9cxb67KVlNVXyCqc/w+LWt/tbhLJvV2xCF/0rWKPsBJ9MC6cquaqNPxWWEav8RAVbmmGrJt51Q==</Q><DP>8TuZFgBMpBoQcGUoS2goB4st6aVq1FcG0hVgHhUI0GMAfYFNPmbDV3cY2IBt8Oj/uYJYhyhlaj5YTqmGTYbATQ==</DP><DQ>FIoVbZQgrAUYIHWVEYi/187zFd7eMct/Yi7kGBImJStMATrluDAspGkStCWe4zwDDmdam1XzfKnBUzz3AYxrAQ==</DQ><InverseQ>QPU3Tmt8nznSgYZ+5jUo9E0SfjiTu435ihANiHqqjasaUNvOHKumqzuBZ8NRtkUhS6dsOEb8A2ODvy7KswUxyA==</InverseQ><D>cgoRoAUpSVfHMdYXW9nA3dfX75dIamZnwPtFHq80ttagbIe4ToYYCcyUz5NElhiNQSESgS5uCgNWqWXt5PnPu4XmCXx6utco1UVH8HGLahzbAnSy6Cj3iUIQ7Gj+9gQ7PkC434HTtHazmxVgIR5l56ZjoQ8yGNCPZnsdYEmhJWk=</D></RSAKeyValue>";
var testData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strText);
using (var rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(1024))
{
try
{
var base64Encrypted = strText;
// server decrypting data with private key
rsa.FromXmlString(privateKey);
var resultBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64Encrypted);
var decryptedBytes = rsa.Decrypt(resultBytes, true);
var decryptedData = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decryptedBytes);
return decryptedData.ToString();
}
finally
{
rsa.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
}
}
}
Honestly, I have difficulty implementing it because there's barely any tutorials I've searched that displays writing the keys into the files. The accepted answer was "fine". But for me I had to improve it so that both keys gets saved into two separate files. I've written a helper class so y'all just gotta copy and paste it. Hope this helps lol.
using Microsoft.Win32;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace RsaCryptoExample
{
class RSAFileHelper
{
readonly string pubKeyPath = "public.key";//change as needed
readonly string priKeyPath = "private.key";//change as needed
public void MakeKey()
{
//lets take a new CSP with a new 2048 bit rsa key pair
RSACryptoServiceProvider csp = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(2048);
//how to get the private key
RSAParameters privKey = csp.ExportParameters(true);
//and the public key ...
RSAParameters pubKey = csp.ExportParameters(false);
//converting the public key into a string representation
string pubKeyString;
{
//we need some buffer
var sw = new StringWriter();
//we need a serializer
var xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(RSAParameters));
//serialize the key into the stream
xs.Serialize(sw, pubKey);
//get the string from the stream
pubKeyString = sw.ToString();
File.WriteAllText(pubKeyPath, pubKeyString);
}
string privKeyString;
{
//we need some buffer
var sw = new StringWriter();
//we need a serializer
var xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(RSAParameters));
//serialize the key into the stream
xs.Serialize(sw, privKey);
//get the string from the stream
privKeyString = sw.ToString();
File.WriteAllText(priKeyPath, privKeyString);
}
}
public void EncryptFile(string filePath)
{
//converting the public key into a string representation
string pubKeyString;
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pubKeyPath)){pubKeyString = reader.ReadToEnd();}
}
//get a stream from the string
var sr = new StringReader(pubKeyString);
//we need a deserializer
var xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(RSAParameters));
//get the object back from the stream
RSACryptoServiceProvider csp = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
csp.ImportParameters((RSAParameters)xs.Deserialize(sr));
byte[] bytesPlainTextData = File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);
//apply pkcs#1.5 padding and encrypt our data
var bytesCipherText = csp.Encrypt(bytesPlainTextData, false);
//we might want a string representation of our cypher text... base64 will do
string encryptedText = Convert.ToBase64String(bytesCipherText);
File.WriteAllText(filePath,encryptedText);
}
public void DecryptFile(string filePath)
{
//we want to decrypt, therefore we need a csp and load our private key
RSACryptoServiceProvider csp = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
string privKeyString;
{
privKeyString = File.ReadAllText(priKeyPath);
//get a stream from the string
var sr = new StringReader(privKeyString);
//we need a deserializer
var xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(RSAParameters));
//get the object back from the stream
RSAParameters privKey = (RSAParameters)xs.Deserialize(sr);
csp.ImportParameters(privKey);
}
string encryptedText;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filePath)) { encryptedText = reader.ReadToEnd(); }
byte[] bytesCipherText = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedText);
//decrypt and strip pkcs#1.5 padding
byte[] bytesPlainTextData = csp.Decrypt(bytesCipherText, false);
//get our original plainText back...
File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, bytesPlainTextData);
}
}
}