Re: Encrypt a string to a string and vice versa

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From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:48:49 +0100

Matthias S. <matthias@_e_m_v_o_i_d_.de> wrote:
> sorry if I didn't make myself clear enough. The encryption method works
> fine (at least I don't get an exception anywhere, if the string is
> correctly encryption is left aside). The problem lies in the
> Decryption-part of the task, where I'm just creating a MemoryStream by
> converting the result of my previously mentioned encryption method using
> Convert.FromBase64String().
>
> The problem is, as soon as I call ReadByte on the CryptoStream, I get the
> CryptographicException mentioned below.

The problem is that the encryption *hasn't* worked - you've not got all
the data. You didn't get an exception, but you didn't get the right
data, either. 

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