source: trunk/HeuristicLab.Clients.Common/3.3/CryptoService.cs

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

namespace HeuristicLab.Clients.Common {
  /// <summary>
  /// Provides functionality for encrypting and decrypting strings. 
  /// Based on the code from http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2008/04/13/encrypting-passwords-in-a-net-app-config-file.aspx
  /// </summary>
  public static class CryptoService {
    private static byte[] entropy = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes("Salt Is Not A Password");

    public static string EncryptString(string input) {
      byte[] encryptedData = ProtectedData.Protect(
        Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(input),
        entropy,
        DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
      return Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData);
    }

    public static string DecryptString(string encryptedData) {
      try {
        byte[] decryptedData = System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData.Unprotect(
          Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedData),
          entropy,
          System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
        return System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(decryptedData);
      }
      catch (CryptographicException) {
        // we assume here that the password was saved in clear text in a previous HL version
        return encryptedData;
      }
      catch (FormatException) {
        return encryptedData;
      }
    }
  }
}