Portable.BouncyCastle
BouncyCastle.Crypto is a cryptography API providing: -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 PBEUtil: 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, 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, DESede, DES, GOST28147, HC-128, HC-256, IDEA, NaccacheStern, RC2, RC4, RC5-32, RC5-64, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent, Skipjack, TEA/XTEA, Twofish, and VMPC. -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: RSA (with blinding), ElGamal, DSA, ECDSA. -Asymmetric key paddings/encodings: ISO9796d1, OAEP, and PKCS#1. -Digests: GOST3411, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD128, RIPEMD160, RIPEMD256, RIPEMD320, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, Tiger, and Whirlpool. -Signer mechanisms: DSA, ECDSA, ECGOST3410, GOST3410, ISO9796d2, PSS, RSA. -Key Agreement: Diffie-Hellman and EC-DH. -Macs: CBCBlockCipher, CFBBlockCipher, GOST28147, HMac, and ISO9797 Alg. 3. -PBE generators: PKCS#12, and PKCS#5 - schemes 1 and 2. -OpenPGP (RFC 2440) -Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS, RFC 3852), including streaming API. -Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP, RFC 2560). -Time Stamp Protocol (TSP, RFC 3161). -TLS/SSL Client with support for client side authentication. Support for .NET 4, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone App 8.1, Windows 8, MonoTouch, MonoAndroid, Xamarin.iOS, Core CLR
Install
dotnet add package Portable.BouncyCastle --version 1.8.0-rc4
Install-Package Portable.BouncyCastle -Version 1.8.0-rc4
<PackageReference Include="Portable.BouncyCastle" Version="1.8.0-rc4" />
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