Cryptography (System.Security.Cryptography)

/*
 * This work (Modern Encryption of a String C#, by James Tuley), 
 * identified by James Tuley, is free of known copyright restrictions.
 * https://gist.github.com/4336842
 * https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ 
 */

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

namespace Encryption
{
  public static class AESThenHMAC
  {
    private static readonly RandomNumberGenerator Random = RandomNumberGenerator.Create();
    
    //Preconfigured Encryption Parameters
    public static readonly int BlockBitSize = 128;
    public static readonly int KeyBitSize = 256;

    //Preconfigured Password Key Derivation Parameters
    public static readonly int SaltBitSize = 64;
    public static readonly int Iterations = 10000;
    public static readonly int MinPasswordLength = 12;

    /// <summary>
    /// Helper that generates a random key on each call.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static byte[] NewKey()
    {
      var key = new byte[KeyBitSize / 8];
      Random.GetBytes(key);
      return key;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Encryption (AES) then Authentication (HMAC) for a UTF8 Message.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="secretMessage">The secret message.</param>
    /// <param name="cryptKey">The crypt key.</param>
    /// <param name="authKey">The auth key.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayload">(Optional) Non-Secret Payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Encrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Secret Message Required!;secretMessage</exception>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Adds overhead of (Optional-Payload + BlockSize(16) + Message-Padded-To-Blocksize +  HMac-Tag(32)) * 1.33 Base64
    /// </remarks>
    public static string SimpleEncrypt(string secretMessage, byte[] cryptKey, byte[] authKey,
                       byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(secretMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      var plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secretMessage);
      var cipherText = SimpleEncrypt(plainText, cryptKey, authKey, nonSecretPayload);
      return Convert.ToBase64String(cipherText);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Authentication (HMAC) then Decryption (AES) for a secrets UTF8 Message.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="encryptedMessage">The encrypted message.</param>
    /// <param name="cryptKey">The crypt key.</param>
    /// <param name="authKey">The auth key.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayloadLength">Length of the non secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Decrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Encrypted Message Required!;encryptedMessage</exception>
    public static string SimpleDecrypt(string encryptedMessage, byte[] cryptKey, byte[] authKey,
                       int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(encryptedMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      var cipherText = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedMessage);
      var plainText = SimpleDecrypt(cipherText, cryptKey, authKey, nonSecretPayloadLength);
      return plainText == null ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainText);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Encryption (AES) then Authentication (HMAC) of a UTF8 message
    /// using Keys derived from a Password (PBKDF2).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="secretMessage">The secret message.</param>
    /// <param name="password">The password.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayload">The non secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Encrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">password</exception>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Significantly less secure than using random binary keys.
    /// Adds additional non secret payload for key generation parameters.
    /// </remarks>
    public static string SimpleEncryptWithPassword(string secretMessage, string password,
                             byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(secretMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      var plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secretMessage);
      var cipherText = SimpleEncryptWithPassword(plainText, password, nonSecretPayload);
      return Convert.ToBase64String(cipherText);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Authentication (HMAC) and then Descryption (AES) of a UTF8 Message
    /// using keys derived from a password (PBKDF2). 
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="encryptedMessage">The encrypted message.</param>
    /// <param name="password">The password.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayloadLength">Length of the non secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Decrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Encrypted Message Required!;encryptedMessage</exception>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Significantly less secure than using random binary keys.
    /// </remarks>
    public static string SimpleDecryptWithPassword(string encryptedMessage, string password,
                             int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(encryptedMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      var cipherText = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedMessage);
      var plainText = SimpleDecryptWithPassword(cipherText, password, nonSecretPayloadLength);
      return plainText == null ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainText);
    }

    public static byte[] SimpleEncrypt(byte[] secretMessage, byte[] cryptKey, byte[] authKey, byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      //User Error Checks
      if (cryptKey == null || cryptKey.Length != KeyBitSize / 8)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Key needs to be {0} bit!", KeyBitSize), "cryptKey");

      if (authKey == null || authKey.Length != KeyBitSize / 8)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Key needs to be {0} bit!", KeyBitSize), "authKey");

      if (secretMessage == null || secretMessage.Length < 1)
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      //non-secret payload optional
      nonSecretPayload = nonSecretPayload ?? new byte[] { };

      byte[] cipherText;
      byte[] iv;

      using (var aes = new AesManaged
      {
        KeySize = KeyBitSize,
        BlockSize = BlockBitSize,
        Mode = CipherMode.CBC,
        Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7
      })
      {

        //Use random IV
        aes.GenerateIV();
        iv = aes.IV;

        using (var encrypter = aes.CreateEncryptor(cryptKey, iv))
        using (var cipherStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
          using (var cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(cipherStream, encrypter, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
          using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(cryptoStream))
          {
            //Encrypt Data
            binaryWriter.Write(secretMessage);
          }

          cipherText = cipherStream.ToArray();
        }

      }

      //Assemble encrypted message and add authentication
      using (var hmac = new HMACSHA256(authKey))
      using (var encryptedStream = new MemoryStream())
      {
        using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(encryptedStream))
        {
          //Prepend non-secret payload if any
          binaryWriter.Write(nonSecretPayload);
          //Prepend IV
          binaryWriter.Write(iv);
          //Write Ciphertext
          binaryWriter.Write(cipherText);
          binaryWriter.Flush();

          //Authenticate all data
          var tag = hmac.ComputeHash(encryptedStream.ToArray());
          //Postpend tag
          binaryWriter.Write(tag);
        }
        return encryptedStream.ToArray();
      }

    }

    public static byte[] SimpleDecrypt(byte[] encryptedMessage, byte[] cryptKey, byte[] authKey, int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {

      //Basic Usage Error Checks
      if (cryptKey == null || cryptKey.Length != KeyBitSize / 8)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("CryptKey needs to be {0} bit!", KeyBitSize), "cryptKey");

      if (authKey == null || authKey.Length != KeyBitSize / 8)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("AuthKey needs to be {0} bit!", KeyBitSize), "authKey");

      if (encryptedMessage == null || encryptedMessage.Length == 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      using (var hmac = new HMACSHA256(authKey))
      {
        var sentTag = new byte[hmac.HashSize / 8];
        //Calculate Tag
        var calcTag = hmac.ComputeHash(encryptedMessage, 0, encryptedMessage.Length - sentTag.Length);
        var ivLength = (BlockBitSize / 8);

        //if message length is to small just return null
        if (encryptedMessage.Length < sentTag.Length + nonSecretPayloadLength + ivLength)
          return null;

        //Grab Sent Tag
        Array.Copy(encryptedMessage, encryptedMessage.Length - sentTag.Length, sentTag, 0, sentTag.Length);

        //Compare Tag with constant time comparison
        var compare = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < sentTag.Length; i++)
          compare |= sentTag[i] ^ calcTag[i]; 

        //if message doesn't authenticate return null
        if (compare != 0)
          return null;

        using (var aes = new AesManaged
        {
          KeySize = KeyBitSize,
          BlockSize = BlockBitSize,
          Mode = CipherMode.CBC,
          Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7
        })
        {

          //Grab IV from message
          var iv = new byte[ivLength];
          Array.Copy(encryptedMessage, nonSecretPayloadLength, iv, 0, iv.Length);

          using (var decrypter = aes.CreateDecryptor(cryptKey, iv))
          using (var plainTextStream = new MemoryStream())
          {
            using (var decrypterStream = new CryptoStream(plainTextStream, decrypter, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(decrypterStream))
            {
              //Decrypt Cipher Text from Message
              binaryWriter.Write(
                encryptedMessage,
                nonSecretPayloadLength + iv.Length,
                encryptedMessage.Length - nonSecretPayloadLength - iv.Length - sentTag.Length
              );
            }
            //Return Plain Text
            return plainTextStream.ToArray();
          }
        }
      }
    }

    public static byte[] SimpleEncryptWithPassword(byte[] secretMessage, string password, byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      nonSecretPayload = nonSecretPayload ?? new byte[] {};

      //User Error Checks
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password) || password.Length < MinPasswordLength)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Must have a password of at least {0} characters!", MinPasswordLength), "password");

      if (secretMessage == null || secretMessage.Length ==0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      var payload = new byte[((SaltBitSize / 8) * 2) + nonSecretPayload.Length];

      Array.Copy(nonSecretPayload, payload, nonSecretPayload.Length);
      int payloadIndex = nonSecretPayload.Length;

      byte[] cryptKey;
      byte[] authKey;
      //Use Random Salt to prevent pre-generated weak password attacks.
      using (var generator = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, SaltBitSize / 8, Iterations))
      {
        var salt = generator.Salt;

        //Generate Keys
        cryptKey = generator.GetBytes(KeyBitSize / 8);

        //Create Non Secret Payload
        Array.Copy(salt, 0, payload, payloadIndex, salt.Length);
        payloadIndex += salt.Length;
      }

      //Deriving separate key, might be less efficient than using HKDF, 
      //but now compatible with RNEncryptor which had a very similar wireformat and requires less code than HKDF.
      using (var generator = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, SaltBitSize / 8, Iterations))
      {
        var salt = generator.Salt;

        //Generate Keys
        authKey = generator.GetBytes(KeyBitSize / 8);

        //Create Rest of Non Secret Payload
        Array.Copy(salt, 0, payload, payloadIndex, salt.Length);
      }

      return SimpleEncrypt(secretMessage, cryptKey, authKey, payload);
    }

    public static byte[] SimpleDecryptWithPassword(byte[] encryptedMessage, string password, int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      //User Error Checks
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password) || password.Length < MinPasswordLength)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Must have a password of at least {0} characters!", MinPasswordLength), "password");

      if (encryptedMessage == null || encryptedMessage.Length == 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      var cryptSalt = new byte[SaltBitSize / 8];
      var authSalt = new byte[SaltBitSize / 8];

      //Grab Salt from Non-Secret Payload
      Array.Copy(encryptedMessage, nonSecretPayloadLength, cryptSalt, 0, cryptSalt.Length);
      Array.Copy(encryptedMessage, nonSecretPayloadLength + cryptSalt.Length, authSalt, 0, authSalt.Length);

      byte[] cryptKey;
      byte[] authKey;

      //Generate crypt key
      using (var generator = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, cryptSalt, Iterations))
      {
        cryptKey = generator.GetBytes(KeyBitSize / 8);
      }
      //Generate auth key
      using (var generator = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, authSalt, Iterations))
      {
        authKey = generator.GetBytes(KeyBitSize / 8);
      }

      return SimpleDecrypt(encryptedMessage, cryptKey, authKey, cryptSalt.Length + authSalt.Length + nonSecretPayloadLength);
    }
  }
}

/*
 * This work (Modern Encryption of a String C#, by James Tuley), 
 * identified by James Tuley, is free of known copyright restrictions.
 * https://gist.github.com/4336842
 * https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ 
 */

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Engines;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Modes;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
namespace Encryption
{

  public static class AESGCM
  {
    private static readonly SecureRandom Random = new SecureRandom();

    //Preconfigured Encryption Parameters
    public static readonly int NonceBitSize = 128;
    public static readonly int MacBitSize = 128;
    public static readonly int KeyBitSize = 256;

    //Preconfigured Password Key Derivation Parameters
    public static readonly int SaltBitSize = 128;
    public static readonly int Iterations = 10000;
    public static readonly int MinPasswordLength = 12;


    /// <summary>
    /// Helper that generates a random new key on each call.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static byte[] NewKey()
    {
      var key = new byte[KeyBitSize / 8];
      Random.NextBytes(key);
      return key;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Encryption And Authentication (AES-GCM) of a UTF8 string.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="secretMessage">The secret message.</param>
    /// <param name="key">The key.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayload">Optional non-secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Encrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Secret Message Required!;secretMessage</exception>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Adds overhead of (Optional-Payload + BlockSize(16) + Message +  HMac-Tag(16)) * 1.33 Base64
    /// </remarks>
    public static string SimpleEncrypt(string secretMessage, byte[] key, byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(secretMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      var plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secretMessage);
      var cipherText = SimpleEncrypt(plainText, key, nonSecretPayload);
      return Convert.ToBase64String(cipherText);
    }


    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Decryption & Authentication (AES-GCM) of a UTF8 Message
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="encryptedMessage">The encrypted message.</param>
    /// <param name="key">The key.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayloadLength">Length of the optional non-secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>Decrypted Message</returns>
    public static string SimpleDecrypt(string encryptedMessage, byte[] key, int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(encryptedMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      var cipherText = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedMessage);
      var plainText = SimpleDecrypt(cipherText, key, nonSecretPayloadLength);
      return plainText == null ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainText);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Encryption And Authentication (AES-GCM) of a UTF8 String
    /// using key derived from a password (PBKDF2).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="secretMessage">The secret message.</param>
    /// <param name="password">The password.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayload">The non secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Encrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Significantly less secure than using random binary keys.
    /// Adds additional non secret payload for key generation parameters.
    /// </remarks>
    public static string SimpleEncryptWithPassword(string secretMessage, string password,
                             byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(secretMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      var plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secretMessage);
      var cipherText = SimpleEncryptWithPassword(plainText, password, nonSecretPayload);
      return Convert.ToBase64String(cipherText);
    }


    /// <summary>
    /// Simple Decryption and Authentication (AES-GCM) of a UTF8 message
    /// using a key derived from a password (PBKDF2)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="encryptedMessage">The encrypted message.</param>
    /// <param name="password">The password.</param>
    /// <param name="nonSecretPayloadLength">Length of the non secret payload.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// Decrypted Message
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Encrypted Message Required!;encryptedMessage</exception>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Significantly less secure than using random binary keys.
    /// </remarks>
    public static string SimpleDecryptWithPassword(string encryptedMessage, string password,
                             int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(encryptedMessage))
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      var cipherText = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedMessage);
      var plainText = SimpleDecryptWithPassword(cipherText, password, nonSecretPayloadLength);
      return plainText == null ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainText);
    }

    public static byte[] SimpleEncrypt(byte[] secretMessage, byte[] key, byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      //User Error Checks
      if (key == null || key.Length != KeyBitSize / 8)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Key needs to be {0} bit!", KeyBitSize), "key");

      if (secretMessage == null || secretMessage.Length == 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      //Non-secret Payload Optional
      nonSecretPayload = nonSecretPayload ?? new byte[] { };

      //Using random nonce large enough not to repeat
      var nonce = new byte[NonceBitSize / 8];
      Random.NextBytes(nonce, 0, nonce.Length);

      var cipher = new GcmBlockCipher(new AesFastEngine());
      var parameters = new AeadParameters(new KeyParameter(key), MacBitSize, nonce, nonSecretPayload);
      cipher.Init(true, parameters);

      //Generate Cipher Text With Auth Tag
      var cipherText = new byte[cipher.GetOutputSize(secretMessage.Length)];
      var len = cipher.ProcessBytes(secretMessage, 0, secretMessage.Length, cipherText, 0);
      cipher.DoFinal(cipherText, len);

      //Assemble Message
      using (var combinedStream = new MemoryStream())
      {
        using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(combinedStream))
        {
          //Prepend Authenticated Payload
          binaryWriter.Write(nonSecretPayload);
          //Prepend Nonce
          binaryWriter.Write(nonce);
          //Write Cipher Text
          binaryWriter.Write(cipherText);
        }
        return combinedStream.ToArray();
      }
    }

    public static byte[] SimpleDecrypt(byte[] encryptedMessage, byte[] key, int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      //User Error Checks
      if (key == null || key.Length != KeyBitSize / 8)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Key needs to be {0} bit!", KeyBitSize), "key");

      if (encryptedMessage == null || encryptedMessage.Length == 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      using (var cipherStream = new MemoryStream(encryptedMessage))
      using (var cipherReader = new BinaryReader(cipherStream))
      {
        //Grab Payload
        var nonSecretPayload = cipherReader.ReadBytes(nonSecretPayloadLength);

        //Grab Nonce
        var nonce = cipherReader.ReadBytes(NonceBitSize / 8);
       
        var cipher = new GcmBlockCipher(new AesFastEngine());
        var parameters = new AeadParameters(new KeyParameter(key), MacBitSize, nonce, nonSecretPayload);
        cipher.Init(false, parameters);

        //Decrypt Cipher Text
        var cipherText = cipherReader.ReadBytes(encryptedMessage.Length - nonSecretPayloadLength - nonce.Length);
        var plainText = new byte[cipher.GetOutputSize(cipherText.Length)];  

        try
        {
          var len = cipher.ProcessBytes(cipherText, 0, cipherText.Length, plainText, 0);
          cipher.DoFinal(plainText, len);

        }
        catch (InvalidCipherTextException)
        {
          //Return null if it doesn't authenticate
          return null;
        }

        return plainText;
      }

    }

    public static byte[] SimpleEncryptWithPassword(byte[] secretMessage, string password, byte[] nonSecretPayload = null)
    {
      nonSecretPayload = nonSecretPayload ?? new byte[] {};

      //User Error Checks
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password) || password.Length < MinPasswordLength)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Must have a password of at least {0} characters!", MinPasswordLength), "password");

      if (secretMessage == null || secretMessage.Length == 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Secret Message Required!", "secretMessage");

      var generator = new Pkcs5S2ParametersGenerator();

      //Use Random Salt to minimize pre-generated weak password attacks.
      var salt = new byte[SaltBitSize / 8];
      Random.NextBytes(salt);

      generator.Init(
        PbeParametersGenerator.Pkcs5PasswordToBytes(password.ToCharArray()),
        salt,
        Iterations);

      //Generate Key
      var key = (KeyParameter)generator.GenerateDerivedMacParameters(KeyBitSize);

      //Create Full Non Secret Payload
      var payload = new byte[salt.Length + nonSecretPayload.Length];
      Array.Copy(nonSecretPayload, payload, nonSecretPayload.Length);
      Array.Copy(salt,0, payload,nonSecretPayload.Length, salt.Length);

      return SimpleEncrypt(secretMessage, key.GetKey(), payload);
    }

    public static byte[] SimpleDecryptWithPassword(byte[] encryptedMessage, string password, int nonSecretPayloadLength = 0)
    {
      //User Error Checks
      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password) || password.Length < MinPasswordLength)
        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Must have a password of at least {0} characters!", MinPasswordLength), "password");

      if (encryptedMessage == null || encryptedMessage.Length == 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Encrypted Message Required!", "encryptedMessage");

      var generator = new Pkcs5S2ParametersGenerator();

      //Grab Salt from Payload
      var salt = new byte[SaltBitSize / 8];
      Array.Copy(encryptedMessage, nonSecretPayloadLength, salt, 0, salt.Length);

      generator.Init(
        PbeParametersGenerator.Pkcs5PasswordToBytes(password.ToCharArray()),
        salt,
        Iterations);

      //Generate Key
      var key = (KeyParameter)generator.GenerateDerivedMacParameters(KeyBitSize);

      return SimpleDecrypt(encryptedMessage, key.GetKey(), salt.Length + nonSecretPayloadLength);
    }
  }
}

private void firstHash(string userName, string userPassword, int numberOfItterations)
{
    Rfc2898DeriveBytes PBKDF2 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(userPassword, 8, numberOfItterations);    //Hash the password with a 8 byte salt
    byte[] hashedPassword = PBKDF2.GetBytes(20);    //Returns a 20 byte hash
    byte[] salt = PBKDF2.Salt;
    writeHashToFile(userName, hashedPassword, salt, numberOfItterations); //Store the hashed password with the salt and number of itterations to check against future password entries
}

private bool checkPassword(string userName, string userPassword, int numberOfItterations)
{
    byte[] usersHash = getUserHashFromFile(userName);
    byte[] userSalt = getUserSaltFromFile(userName);
    Rfc2898DeriveBytes PBKDF2 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(userPassword, userSalt, numberOfItterations);    //Hash the password with the users salt
    byte[] hashedPassword = PBKDF2.GetBytes(20);    //Returns a 20 byte hash            
    bool passwordsMach = comparePasswords(usersHash, hashedPassword);    //Compares byte arrays
    return passwordsMach;
}

public static void ProcessFile(string inputPath, string password, bool encryptMode, string outputPath)
{
    using (var cypher = new AesManaged())
    using (var fsIn = new FileStream(inputPath, FileMode.Open))
    using (var fsOut = new FileStream(outputPath, FileMode.Create))
    {
        const int saltLength = 256;
        var salt = new byte[saltLength];
        var iv = new byte[cypher.BlockSize / 8];

        if (encryptMode)
        {
            // Generate random salt and IV, then write them to file
            using (var rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
            {
                rng.GetBytes(salt);
                rng.GetBytes(iv);
            }
            fsOut.Write(salt, 0, salt.Length);
            fsOut.Write(iv, 0, iv.Length);
        }
        else
        {
            // Read the salt and IV from the file
            fsIn.Read(salt, 0, saltLength);
            fsIn.Read(iv, 0, iv.Length);
        }

        // Generate a secure password, based on the password and salt provided
        var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, salt);
        var key = pdb.GetBytes(cypher.KeySize / 8);

        // Encrypt or decrypt the file
        using (var cryptoTransform = encryptMode
            ? cypher.CreateEncryptor(key, iv)
            : cypher.CreateDecryptor(key, iv))
        using (var cs = new CryptoStream(fsOut, cryptoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
        {
            fsIn.CopyTo(cs);
        }
    }
}

public static byte[] GenerateRandomData(int length)
{
    var rnd = new byte[length];
    using (var rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
        rng.GetBytes(rnd);
    return rnd;
}

public static int GenerateRandomInt(int minVal=0, int maxVal=100)
{
    var rnd = new byte[4];
    using (var rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
        rng.GetBytes(rnd);
    var i = Math.Abs(BitConverter.ToInt32(rnd, 0));
    return Convert.ToInt32(i % (maxVal - minVal + 1) + minVal);
}

public static string GenerateRandomString(int length, string allowableChars=null)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(allowableChars))
        allowableChars = @"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

    // Generate random data
    var rnd = new byte[length];
    using (var rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
        rng.GetBytes(rnd);

    // Generate the output string
    var allowable = allowableChars.ToCharArray();
    var l = allowable.Length;
    var chars = new char[length];
    for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
        chars[i] = allowable[rnd[i] % l];

    return new string(chars);
}

public static class AsymmetricProvider
{
    #region Key Generation
    public class KeyPair
    {
        public string PublicKey { get; set; }
        public string PrivateKey { get; set; }
    }

    public static KeyPair GenerateNewKeyPair(int keySize = 4096)
    {
        // KeySize is measured in bits. 1024 is the default, 2048 is better, 4096 is more robust but takes a fair bit longer to generate.
        using (var rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(keySize))
        {
            return new KeyPair {PublicKey = rsa.ToXmlString(false), PrivateKey = rsa.ToXmlString(true)};
        }
    }

    #endregion

    #region Asymmetric Data Encryption and Decryption

    public static byte[] EncryptData(byte[] data, string publicKey)
    {
        using (var asymmetricProvider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
        {
            asymmetricProvider.FromXmlString(publicKey);
            return asymmetricProvider.Encrypt(data, true);
        }
    }

    public static byte[] DecryptData(byte[] data, string publicKey)
    {
        using (var asymmetricProvider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
        {
            asymmetricProvider.FromXmlString(publicKey);
            if (asymmetricProvider.PublicOnly)
                throw new Exception("The key provided is a public key and does not contain the private key elements required for decryption");
            return asymmetricProvider.Decrypt(data, true);
        }
    }

    public static string EncryptString(string value, string publicKey)
    {
        return Convert.ToBase64String(EncryptData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value), publicKey));
    }

    public static string DecryptString(string value, string privateKey)
    {
        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(EncryptData(Convert.FromBase64String(value), privateKey));
    }

    #endregion

    #region Hybrid File Encryption and Decription

    public static void EncryptFile(string inputFilePath, string outputFilePath, string publicKey)
    {
        using (var symmetricCypher = new AesManaged())
        {
            // Generate random key and IV for symmetric encryption
            var key = new byte[symmetricCypher.KeySize / 8];
            var iv = new byte[symmetricCypher.BlockSize / 8];
            using (var rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
            {
                rng.GetBytes(key);
                rng.GetBytes(iv);
            }

            // Encrypt the symmetric key and IV
            var buf = new byte[key.Length + iv.Length];
            Array.Copy(key, buf, key.Length);
            Array.Copy(iv, 0, buf, key.Length, iv.Length);
            buf = EncryptData(buf, publicKey);

            var bufLen = BitConverter.GetBytes(buf.Length);

            // Symmetrically encrypt the data and write it to the file, along with the encrypted key and iv
            using (var cypherKey = symmetricCypher.CreateEncryptor(key, iv))
            using (var fsIn = new FileStream(inputFilePath, FileMode.Open))
            using (var fsOut = new FileStream(outputFilePath, FileMode.Create))
            using (var cs = new CryptoStream(fsOut, cypherKey, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            {
                fsOut.Write(bufLen,0, bufLen.Length);
                fsOut.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length);
                fsIn.CopyTo(cs);
            }
        }
    }

    public static void DecryptFile(string inputFilePath, string outputFilePath, string privateKey)
    {
        using (var symmetricCypher = new AesManaged())
        using (var fsIn = new FileStream(inputFilePath, FileMode.Open))
        {
            // Determine the length of the encrypted key and IV
            var buf = new byte[sizeof(int)];
            fsIn.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length);
            var bufLen = BitConverter.ToInt32(buf, 0);

            // Read the encrypted key and IV data from the file and decrypt using the asymmetric algorithm
            buf = new byte[bufLen];
            fsIn.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length);
            buf = DecryptData(buf, privateKey);

            var key = new byte[symmetricCypher.KeySize / 8];
            var iv = new byte[symmetricCypher.BlockSize / 8];
            Array.Copy(buf, key, key.Length);
            Array.Copy(buf, key.Length, iv, 0, iv.Length);

            // Decript the file data using the symmetric algorithm
            using (var cypherKey = symmetricCypher.CreateDecryptor(key, iv))
            using (var fsOut = new FileStream(outputFilePath, FileMode.Create))
            using (var cs = new CryptoStream(fsOut, cypherKey, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            {
                fsIn.CopyTo(cs);
            }
        }
    }

    #endregion

    #region Key Storage

    public static void WritePublicKey(string publicKeyFilePath, string publicKey)
    {
        File.WriteAllText(publicKeyFilePath, publicKey);
    }
    public static string ReadPublicKey(string publicKeyFilePath)
    {
        return File.ReadAllText(publicKeyFilePath);
    }

    private const string SymmetricSalt = "Stack_Overflow!"; // Change me!

    public static string ReadPrivateKey(string privateKeyFilePath, string password)
    {
        var salt = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SymmetricSalt);
        var cypherText = File.ReadAllBytes(privateKeyFilePath);

        using (var cypher = new AesManaged())
        {
            var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, salt);
            var key = pdb.GetBytes(cypher.KeySize / 8);
            var iv = pdb.GetBytes(cypher.BlockSize / 8);

            using (var decryptor = cypher.CreateDecryptor(key, iv))
            using (var msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cypherText))
            using (var csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
            using (var srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
            {
                return srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }
    }

    public static void WritePrivateKey(string privateKeyFilePath, string privateKey, string password)
    {
        var salt = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SymmetricSalt);
        using (var cypher = new AesManaged())
        {
            var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, salt);
            var key = pdb.GetBytes(cypher.KeySize / 8);
            var iv = pdb.GetBytes(cypher.BlockSize / 8);

            using (var encryptor = cypher.CreateEncryptor(key, iv))
            using (var fsEncrypt = new FileStream(privateKeyFilePath, FileMode.Create))
            using (var csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(fsEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            using (var swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
            {
                swEncrypt.Write(privateKey);
            }
        }
    }

    #endregion
}

private static void HybridCryptoTest(string privateKeyPath, string privateKeyPassword, string inputPath)
{
    // Setup the test
    var publicKeyPath = Path.ChangeExtension(privateKeyPath, ".public");
    var outputPath = Path.Combine(Path.ChangeExtension(inputPath, ".enc"));
    var testPath = Path.Combine(Path.ChangeExtension(inputPath, ".test"));

    if (!File.Exists(privateKeyPath))
    {
        var keys = AsymmetricProvider.GenerateNewKeyPair(2048);
        AsymmetricProvider.WritePublicKey(publicKeyPath, keys.PublicKey);
        AsymmetricProvider.WritePrivateKey(privateKeyPath, keys.PrivateKey, privateKeyPassword);
    }

    // Encrypt the file
    var publicKey = AsymmetricProvider.ReadPublicKey(publicKeyPath);
    AsymmetricProvider.EncryptFile(inputPath, outputPath, publicKey);

    // Decrypt it again to compare against the source file
    var privateKey = AsymmetricProvider.ReadPrivateKey(privateKeyPath, privateKeyPassword);
    AsymmetricProvider.DecryptFile(outputPath, testPath, privateKey);

    // Check that the two files match
    var source = File.ReadAllBytes(inputPath);
    var dest = File.ReadAllBytes(testPath);

    if (source.Length != dest.Length)
        throw new Exception("Length does not match");

    if (source.Where((t, i) => t != dest[i]).Any())
        throw new Exception("Data mismatch");
}