DpapiDataProtectionProvider Class

Article
10/27/2015

Used to provide the data protection services that are derived from the Data Protection API. It is the best choice of data protection when you application is not hosted by ASP.NET and all processes are running as the same domain identity.

Namespace: Microsoft.Owin.Security.DataProtection
Assembly: Microsoft.Owin.Security (in Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Owin.Security.DataProtection.DpapiDataProtectionProvider

Syntax

public class DpapiDataProtectionProvider : IDataProtectionProvider

public ref class DpapiDataProtectionProvider : IDataProtectionProvider

type DpapiDataProtectionProvider = 
    class
        interface IDataProtectionProvider
    end

Public Class DpapiDataProtectionProvider
    Implements IDataProtectionProvider

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DpapiDataProtectionProvider()	Initializes a new DpapiDataProtectionProvider with a random application name. This is only useful to protect data for the duration of the current application execution.
	DpapiDataProtectionProvider(String)	Initializes a new DpapiDataProtectionProvider which uses the given appName as part of the protection algorithm

Methods

	Name	Description
	Create(String[])	Returns a new instance of IDataProtection for the provider.
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.