Gcm.NextEncrypt Method

Carries out the GCM encryption operation using the key set up by an earlier call to Gcm.InitKey.

Syntax

public byte[] NextEncrypt(
	out byte[] tag,
	byte[] input,
	byte[] iv,
	byte[] aad
)

Public Function NextEncrypt ( _
	<OutAttribute> ByRef tag As Byte(), _
	input As Byte(), _
	iv As Byte(), _
	aad As Byte() _
) As Byte()

Parameters

tag

Tag value, always returned exactly 16 bytes long. You may truncate as desired.

input

Plain text input data

iv

Initialization vector: can be any length but 12 bytes is recommended.

aad

Additional authentication data (optional). Pass null to ignore.

Return Value

Encrypted ciphertext in byte array, or empty array on error

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: GCM_NextEncrypt

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