#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
* Copyright (C) 2002-2019 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
*
* This file is part of HeuristicLab.
*
* HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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*
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*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace HeuristicLab.Clients.Common {
///
/// 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
///
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;
}
}
}
}