Gcm.Encrypt Method

Encrypt input using AES-GCM in one-off operation

Syntax

public static byte[] Encrypt(
	out byte[] tag,
	byte[] input,
	byte[] key,
	byte[] iv,
	byte[] aad
)

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

Parameters

tag

To receive the output authentication tag value. Always returned exactly 16 bytes long. You may truncate as desired. This is a by-reference parameter. There is no need to initialize (but the VB compiler may complain).

input

Plain text input data

key

Key: must be exactly 16, 24 or 32 bytes long.

iv

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

aad

Additional authentication data (optional). Pass null/Nothing to ignore.

Return Value

Remarks

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: GCM_Encrypt

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