SecureStringExtensionsDecryptPassword Method

Decrypts DPAPI-protected string to an instance of .

Definition

Namespace: ADCS.CertMod.Managed.Extensions
Assembly: ADCS.CertMod.Managed (in ADCS.CertMod.Managed.dll) Version: 1.2.0.0 (1.2.0.0)
C#
public static SecureString DecryptPassword(
	this string encryptedPassword
)

Parameters

encryptedPassword  String
DPAPI-encrypted string.

Return Value

SecureString
An instance of .

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type String. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

This method uses current user context for DPAPI.

See Also