Crypto Recipes

Introduction

The API is modeled after the WinRT crypto API. If you're familiar with that, you'll immediately feel at home with PCLCrypto. Instead of reusing the Windows.Security.Cryptography namespace, PCLCrypto functionality is available through the PCLCrypto.WinRTCrypto class.

Create a buffer filled with cryptographically strong random data

uint length = 15;
byte[] cryptoRandomBuffer = WinRTCrypto.CryptographicBuffer.GenerateRandom(length);

Generate a random number

uint random = WinRTCrypto.CryptographicBuffer.GenerateRandomNumber();
uint randomFrom0To15 = WinRTCrypto.CryptographicBuffer.GenerateRandomNumber() % 16;