C# - Serializing/Deserializing a DES encrypted file from a stream

Question

Does anyone have any examples of how to encrypt serialized data to a file and then read it back using DES?

I\'ve written some code already that isn\'t working, but I

Answer 1

This thread gave the basic idea. Here's a version that makes the functions generic, and also allows you to pass an encryption key so it's reversible.

public static void EncryptAndSerialize(string filename, T obj, string encryptionKey) {
  var key = new DESCryptoServiceProvider();
  var e = key.CreateEncryptor(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("64bitPas"), Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(encryptionKey));
  using (var fs = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Create))
  using (var cs = new CryptoStream(fs, e, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
      (new XmlSerializer(typeof (T))).Serialize(cs, obj);
}

public static T DecryptAndDeserialize(string filename, string encryptionKey) {
  var key = new DESCryptoServiceProvider();
  var d = key.CreateDecryptor(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("64bitPas"), Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(encryptionKey));
  using (var fs = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Open))
  using (var cs = new CryptoStream(fs, d, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
      return (T) (new XmlSerializer(typeof (T))).Deserialize(cs);
}