HttpSecureCookie, A Way to Encrypt Cookies with ASP.NET 2.0

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.Security;

namespace AdamTibi.Web.Security {

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides cookie cyphering services.
    /// </summary>
    public static class HttpSecureCookie {

        /// <summary>
        /// Encodes a cookie with all protection levels
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cookie">The cookie to encode</param>
        /// <returns>A clone of the cookie in encoded format</returns>
        public static HttpCookie Encode(HttpCookie cookie) {
            return Encode(cookie, CookieProtection.All);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Encodes a cookie
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cookie">The cookie to encode</param>
        /// <param name="cookieProtection">The cookie protection to set</param>
        /// <returns>A clone of the cookie in encoded format</returns>
        public static HttpCookie Encode(HttpCookie cookie, CookieProtection cookieProtection) {
            HttpCookie encodedCookie = CloneCookie(cookie);
            encodedCookie.Value = MachineKeyCryptography.Encode(cookie.Value, cookieProtection);
            return encodedCookie;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Decodes a cookie that has all levels of cookie protection. Throws InvalidCypherTextException if unable to decode.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cookie">The cookie to decode</param>
        /// <returns>A clone of the cookie in decoded format</returns>
        public static HttpCookie Decode(HttpCookie cookie) {
            return Decode(cookie, CookieProtection.All);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Decodes a cookie. Throws InvalidCypherTextException if unable to decode.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cookie">The cookie to decode</param>
        /// <param name="cookieProtection">The protection level to use when decoding</param>
        /// <returns>A clone of the cookie in decoded format</returns>
        public static HttpCookie Decode(HttpCookie cookie, CookieProtection cookieProtection) {
            HttpCookie decodedCookie = CloneCookie(cookie);
            decodedCookie.Value = MachineKeyCryptography.Decode(cookie.Value, cookieProtection);
            return decodedCookie;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a clone of the given cookie
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cookie">A cookie to clone</param>
        /// <returns>The cloned cookie</returns>
        public static HttpCookie CloneCookie(HttpCookie cookie) {
            HttpCookie clonedCookie = new HttpCookie(cookie.Name, cookie.Value);
            clonedCookie.Domain = cookie.Domain;
            clonedCookie.Expires = cookie.Expires;
            clonedCookie.HttpOnly = cookie.HttpOnly;
            clonedCookie.Path = cookie.Path;
            clonedCookie.Secure = cookie.Secure;

            return clonedCookie;
        }
    
    }
}