CryptoProvider.BlockSize Property

public:
 property int BlockSize { int get(); };

public int BlockSize { get; }

member this.BlockSize : int

Public ReadOnly Property BlockSize As Integer

Property Value

The cipher block size, in bytes. The default block size for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is 8.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the BlockSize property in converting clear-text data to encrypted-text data.

WriteStatus("   Binding the author's UseLicense and");
WriteStatus("       obtaining the CryptoProvider.");
using (CryptoProvider cryptoProvider =
            authorsUseLicense.Bind(_secureEnv))
{
    WriteStatus("   Writing encrypted content.");
    using (Stream clearTextStream =
                File.OpenRead(contentFile))
    {
        using (Stream cryptoTextStream =
                    File.OpenWrite(encryptedFile))
        {
            // Write the length of the source content file
            // as the first four bytes of the encrypted file.
            cryptoTextStream.Write(
                BitConverter.GetBytes(clearTextStream.Length),
                0, sizeof(Int32));

            // Allocate clearText buffer.
            byte[] clearTextBlock =
                new byte[cryptoProvider.BlockSize];

            // Encrypt clearText to cryptoText block by block.
            for (; ; )
            {   // Read clearText block.
                int readCount = ReliableRead(
                                    clearTextStream,
                                    clearTextBlock, 0,
                                    cryptoProvider.BlockSize);
                // readCount of zero is end of data.
                if (readCount == 0) break; // for

                // Encrypt clearText to cryptoText.
                byte[] cryptoTextBlock =
                    cryptoProvider.Encrypt(clearTextBlock);

                // Write cryptoText block.
                cryptoTextStream.Write(cryptoTextBlock, 0,
                                       cryptoTextBlock.Length);
            }
            WriteStatus("   Closing '" + encryptedFilename + "'.");
        }// end:using (Stream cryptoTextStream =
    }// end:using (Stream clearTextStream =
}// end:using (CryptoProvider cryptoProvider =
WriteStatus("   Done - Content encryption complete.");

WriteStatus("   Binding the author's UseLicense and")
WriteStatus("       obtaining the CryptoProvider.")
Using cryptoProvider As CryptoProvider = authorsUseLicense.Bind(_secureEnv)
    WriteStatus("   Writing encrypted content.")
    Using clearTextStream As Stream = File.OpenRead(contentFile)
        Using cryptoTextStream As Stream = File.OpenWrite(encryptedFile)
            ' Write the length of the source content file
            ' as the first four bytes of the encrypted file.
            Dim expression As Int32
            cryptoTextStream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(clearTextStream.Length), 0, Len(expression))

            ' Allocate clearText buffer.
            Dim clearTextBlock(cryptoProvider.BlockSize - 1) As Byte

            ' Encrypt clearText to cryptoText block by block.
            Do
                Dim readCount As Integer = ReliableRead(clearTextStream, clearTextBlock, 0, cryptoProvider.BlockSize)
                ' readCount of zero is end of data.
                If readCount = 0 Then ' for
                    Exit Do
                End If

                ' Encrypt clearText to cryptoText.
                Dim cryptoTextBlock() As Byte = cryptoProvider.Encrypt(clearTextBlock)

                ' Write cryptoText block.
                cryptoTextStream.Write(cryptoTextBlock, 0, cryptoTextBlock.Length)
            Loop
            WriteStatus("   Closing '" & encryptedFilename & "'.")
        End Using ' end:using (Stream cryptoTextStream =
    End Using ' end:using (Stream clearTextStream =
End Using ' end:using (CryptoProvider cryptoProvider =
WriteStatus("   Done - Content encryption complete.")

Remarks

The clearText and cipherText buffers passed to Encrypt and Decrypt must be n*BlockSize bytes in length, where 'n' is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

If CanMergeBlocks is false, buffers passed to Encrypt must be the same length as the buffers passed to Decrypt.

If CanMergeBlocks is true, buffers passed to Encrypt can be a different length from the buffers passed to Decrypt (all buffer sizes must still always be a multiple of BlockSize bytes in length).

A BlockSize of 1 indicates that the cipher is a stream cipher; a BlockSize of 2 or greater indicates a block cipher.

Applies to