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<cryptoClasses> Element

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Contains a list of cryptography classes that have a mapping to a friendly name in the

<nameEntry> element.

<cryptoClasses> 
</cryptoClasses>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element Description

<cryptoClass>

Contains a cryptography class that has a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.

Parent Elements

Element Description

configuration

The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.

cryptographySettings

Contains cryptography settings.

cryptoNameMapping

Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.

mscorlib

Contains the cryptographySettings element.

Example

The following example shows how to use the <cryptoClasses> element to contain a reference to a cryptography class and configure the runtime so that System.Security.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName("RSA") and System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm.Create return a MyCryptoRSAClass object.

<configuration>
   <mscorlib>
      <cryptographySettings>
         <cryptoNameMapping>
            <cryptoClasses>
               <cryptoClass   MyCryptoRSA="MyCryptoRSAClass, MyAssembly
                  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a5d015c7d5a0b012,
                  Version=1.0.0.0"/>
               <!-- Other cryptography classes go here. -->
            </cryptoClasses>
            <nameEntry name="RSA" class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
            <nameEntry name="System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm"
                       class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
             <!-- Mappings to other cryptography classes go here. -->
         </cryptoNameMapping>
      </cryptographySettings>
   </mscorlib>
</configuration>

See Also

Reference

Cryptography Settings Schema
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName
System.Security.Cryptography

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework
Cryptographic Services
Configuring Cryptography Classes