RandomGetBytes Method

Fills an array of bytes with a cryptographically strong sequence of random values.

Namespace: GSF.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.181-beta

Syntax

public static void GetBytes(
	byte[] buffer
)

Public Shared Sub GetBytes ( 
	buffer As Byte()
)

public:
static void GetBytes(
	array<unsigned char>^ buffer
)

static member GetBytes : 
        buffer : byte[] -> unit

GSF.Security.Cryptography.Random.GetBytes = function(buffer);

buffer Byte: The array to fill with a cryptographically strong sequence of random values.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
CryptographicException	The cryptographic service provider (CSP) cannot be acquired.
ArgumentNullException	buffer is null.

Remarks

The length of the byte array determines how many cryptographically strong random bytes are produced.

This method is thread safe.