NSec.Cryptography

v23.6.0-preview.2

Provides modern cryptographic algorithm implementations for .NET based on libsodium. Commonly Used Types: NSec.Cryptography.Aes256Gcm NSec.Cryptography.Blake2b NSec.Cryptography.Chacha20Poly1305 NSec.Cryptography.Ed25519 NSec.Cryptography.HkdfSha256 NSec.Cryptography.X25519

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aead aes-gcm blake2b chacha20-poly1305 crypto cryptography curve25519 dotnet-core ed25519 encryption hash hkdf hmac libsodium security sha256 sha512 x25519

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Total Downloads

14.1M

14,092,413

Published

Jun 17, 2023

Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI

dotnet add package NSec.Cryptography --version 23.6.0-preview.2

Package Manager Console

Install-Package NSec.Cryptography -Version 23.6.0-preview.2

PackageReference

<PackageReference Include="NSec.Cryptography" Version="23.6.0-preview.2" />

Frameworks

net6.0

Dependencies

libsodium

net6.0

[1.0.18.4, 1.0.19)

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