How to decrypt an AES256 encrypted text in a .NET PCL?

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I've searched for some time for a PCL implementation of the features provided by the System.Security.Cryptography namespace, and have met with less than satisfactory results. I only truly need DEcryption (both asymmetric and symmetric) in a PCL assembly, as I can handle encryption of the data in a regular .NET assembly on the desktop.

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Is there such a tool available? Or should I look to doing it the hard way and adapt available C/C++ code to C#?

Posted 1-Dec-16 5:48am

Michael Waters

Updated 1-Dec-16 8:22am

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Jason Gleim · Answer 1 · 2016-12-01T08:22:00

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Might look at the PCL Crypto library. It's a NuGet package that implements the most common crypto stuff. I can't vouch for it's security as I don't know if it has been through an audit or not but it may work for what you want to do.

From Package Manager Console:

Install-Package PCLCrypto

Posted 1-Dec-16 8:22am

Jason Gleim

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Michael Waters 8-Dec-16 19:04pm

That's the best option that I have been able to find, but I've had some trouble getting to work.