How to implement Triple DES in C# (complete example)

Question

I want to use triple DES in C# for encryption/decryption of (utf8) strings with a (utf8) key of any length.

I am looking for these three functions

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Answer 1

Why not use the .Net Cryptography Library ,it has DES and Triple DES implementations. I would suggest not to reinvent the wheel and use the library ,Well if you need to practice and sharpen your skills than its great to roll out your own implementation ! :)

private static void EncryptData(String inName, String outName, byte[] tdesKey, byte[] tdesIV)
{    
//Create the file streams to handle the input and output files.
FileStream fin = new FileStream(inName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
FileStream fout = new FileStream(outName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);
fout.SetLength(0);

//Create variables to help with read and write.
byte[] bin = new byte[100]; //This is intermediate storage for the encryption.
long rdlen = 0;              //This is the total number of bytes written.
long totlen = fin.Length;    //This is the total length of the input file.
int len;                     //This is the number of bytes to be written at a time.

TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();          
CryptoStream encStream = new CryptoStream(fout, tdes.CreateEncryptor(tdesKey, tdesIV), CryptoStreamMode.Write);

Console.WriteLine("Encrypting...");

//Read from the input file, then encrypt and write to the output file.
while(rdlen < totlen)
{
    len = fin.Read(bin, 0, 100);
    encStream.Write(bin, 0, len);
    rdlen = rdlen + len;
    Console.WriteLine("{0} bytes processed", rdlen);
}

encStream.Close();                     
}

Source: MSDN