.NET Framework Security

Administering Cryptography Settings

The .NET Framework ships with a rich, fully extensible library of cryptography algorithm implementations. The .NET Framework ships with

• Hash algorithms— Included are the standard implementations of hash algorithms, such as SHA1, MD5, but also SHA256 and SHA512, in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.

• Symmetric algorithms— The .NET Framework contains the standard implementations of DES and Triple DES, among other symmetric ciphers in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.

• Asymmetric algorithms— The .NET Framework ships with the standard implementations of RSA and DSA, also in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.

• Class collection for doing XML digital signatures in the System.Security.Cryptography.XML ...