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Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions

Additional APIs for ASP.NET Core data protection. This package was built from the source code at https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/tree/be2530c3035e4bfa7670c6b18f5a64ef89e0e80d

Total Downloads
108.4M
108,358,960
Published
May 12, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions --version 8.0.27
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions -Version 8.0.27
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions" Version="8.0.27" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.6.2 net8.0 .NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

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