BouncyCastle
- Generation and parsing of PKCS-12 files. - X.509: Generators and parsers for V1 and V3 certificates, V2 CRLs and attribute certificates. - PBE algorithms supported by PbeUtilities: PBEwithMD2andDES-CBC, PBEwithMD2andRC2-CBC, PBEwithMD5andDES-CBC, PBEwithMD5andRC2-CBC, PBEwithSHA1andDES-CBC, PBEwithSHA1andRC2-CBC, PBEwithSHA-1and128bitRC4, PBEwithSHA-1and40bitRC4, PBEwithSHA-1and3-keyDESEDE-CBC, PBEwithSHA-1and2-keyDESEDE-CBC, PBEwithSHA-1and128bitRC2-CBC, PBEwithSHA-1and40bitRC2-CBC, PBEwithHmacSHA-1, PBEwithHmacSHA-224, PBEwithHmacSHA-256, PBEwithHmacRIPEMD128, PBEwithHmacRIPEMD160, and PBEwithHmacRIPEMD256. - Signature algorithms supported by SignerUtilities: MD2withRSA, MD4withRSA, MD5withRSA, RIPEMD128withRSA, RIPEMD160withECDSA, RIPEMD160withRSA, RIPEMD256withRSA, SHA-1withRSA, SHA-224withRSA, SHA-256withRSAandMGF1, SHA-384withRSAandMGF1, SHA-512withRSAandMGF1, SHA-1withDSA, and SHA-1withECDSA. - Symmetric key algorithms: AES, Blowfish, Camellia, CAST5, CAST6, ChaCha, DES, DESede, GOST28147, HC-128, HC-256, IDEA, ISAAC, Noekeon, RC2, RC4, RC5-32, RC5-64, RC6, Rijndael, Salsa20, SEED, Serpent, Skipjack, TEA/XTEA, Threefish, Tnepres, Twofish, VMPC and XSalsa20. - Symmetric key modes: CBC, CFB, CTS, GOFB, OFB, OpenPGPCFB, and SIC (or CTR). - Symmetric key paddings: ISO10126d2, ISO7816d4, PKCS-5/7, TBC, X.923, and Zero Byte. - Asymmetric key algorithms: ElGamal, DSA, ECDSA, NaccacheStern and RSA (with blinding). - Asymmetric key paddings/encodings: ISO9796d1, OAEP, and PKCS-1. - AEAD block cipher modes: CCM, EAX, GCM and OCB. - Digests: GOST3411, Keccak, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD128, RIPEMD160, RIPEMD256, RIPEMD320, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA3, Tiger, and Whirlpool. - XOFs: SHAKE. - Signer mechanisms: DSA, ECDSA, ECGOST3410, ECNR, GOST3410, ISO9796d2, PSS, RSA, X9.31-1998. - Key Agreement: Diffie-Hellman, EC-DH, EC-MQV, J-PAKE, SRP-6a. - Macs: CBCBlockCipher, CFBBlockCipher, CMAC, GMAC, GOST28147, HMac, ISO9797 Alg. 3, Poly1305, SipHash, SkeinMac, VMPCMAC. - PBE generators: PKCS-12, and PKCS-5 - schemes 1 and 2. - OpenPGP (RFC 4880) - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS, RFC 3852), including streaming API. - Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP, RFC 2560). - Time Stamp Protocol (TSP, RFC 3161). - TLS/DTLS client/server up to version 1.2, with support for the most common ciphersuites and extensions, and many less common ones. Non-blocking API available. - Elliptic Curve Cryptography: support for generic F2m and Fp curves, high-performance custom implementations for many standardized curves. - Reading/writing of PEM files, including RSA and DSA keys, with a variety of encryptions. - PKIX certificate path validation
Install
dotnet add package BouncyCastle --version 1.8.1
Install-Package BouncyCastle -Version 1.8.1
<PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle" Version="1.8.1" />
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