Introduction

Welcome to IPWorks Encrypt, a powerful suite of cryptography components that enable developers to easily add strong encryption capabilities to any application. Encrypt and decrypt files, emails, documents, and messages through major cryptographic standards, including AES, ECC, RSA, ElGamal, ChaCha, TwoFish and more. Complete with X.509 certificate management.

Included Libraries

The .NET Edition includes libraries (.dll files) which are supported in different environments. The following libraries are present in the lib directory after installation:

  • lib\net40\nsoftware.IPWorksEncrypt.dll is designed for use in .NET Framework 4.0 and up. This library maintains a familiar API in line with previous versions of the product.

  • lib\net6.0\nsoftware.IPWorksEncrypt.dll is designed for use in .NET 6 and up. The .NET 6 library provides cross-platform support while maintaining the same API as the .NET Framework version of the library.

    Support for asynchronous programming patterns (async/await) is exposed in a separate nsoftware.async.IPWorksEncrypt namespace. See the Async Functionality page for details.

  • lib\netstandard2.0\nsoftware.IPWorksEncrypt.dll is designed for use in .NET Standard 2.0 and up. The .NET Standard library provides cross-platform support for legacy projects.

Included Components

AES The AES component can be used to encrypt and decrypt data through Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography.
AESFile The AESFile component implements the AESF file format and uses the XTS-AES standard with 256-bit encryption.
Argon2 This component implements Argon2 cryptographic hashing function designed for password hashing and protecting against various types of attacks.
Blowfish Encrypt and decrypt data with the Blowfish symmetric key block cipher.
CAST Encrypt and decrypt data with the CAST-128/CAST5 block cipher.
CertMgr The CertMgr component is used to create, read, and manage certificates.
ChaCha The ChaCha component can be used to encrypt and decrypt data with the ChaCha20 algorithm.
CMS The CMS component is used to digitally sign, encrypt, verify, and decrypt data.
DSA The DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) component enables users to generate DSA hash signatures.
ECC The ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) component implements ECDSA, EdDSA, ECDH, and ECIES operations.
ElGamal Encrypt and decrypt data with the ElGamal asymmetric key encryption algorithm for public-key cryptography.
EzCrypt The EzCrypt component can be used to encrypt and decrypt data through various cryptographic algorithms.
EzRand The EzRand component can be used to generate random numbers or bytes using a variety of algorithms.
Hash The Hash component allows you to compute a hash using various algorithms.
JWE Create, Encrypt and Decrypt JSON Web Encryption (JWE) messages.
JWS Create, Sign and Verify JSON Web Signatures (JWS).
OSDP The OSDP (Operating System Data Protection) component allows you to protect and unprotect data.
PBKDF The PBKDF component supports using PBKDF1 and PBKDF2 to derive a key using a variety of algorithms.
Poly1305 The Poly1305 component may be used to produce a MAC (or Tag) value using the Poly1305 algorithm.
Rijndael The Rijndael component can be used to encrypt and decrypt data through the Rijndael symmetric algorithm.
RSA Implements RSA public-key cryptography to encrypt/decrypt and sign/verify messages.
Salsa20 The Salsa20 component can be used to encrypt and decrypt data with the XSalsa20 and Salsa20 algorithm.
TripleDES Encrypt and decrypt data with TripleDES, successor to the DES encryption algorithm.
Twofish Encrypt and decrypt data with Twofish, successor to the Blowfish symmetric key block cipher.
XMLEncrypt The XMLEncrypt component is used to encrypt and decrypt XML.
XMLSig The XMLSig component is used to sign XML and verify signed XML.

Additional Information

You will always find the latest information about IPWorks Encrypt at our web site: www.nsoftware.com. We offer free, fully-functional 30-day trials for all of our products, and our technical support staff are happy to answer any questions you may have during your evaluation.

Please direct all technical questions to support@nsoftware.com. To help support technicians assist you as quickly as possible, please provide a detailed and accurate description of your problem, the results you expected, and the results that you received while using our product. For questions about licensing and pricing, and all other general inquiries, please contact sales@nsoftware.com.

Thank You!

Thank you for choosing IPWorks Encrypt for your development needs. We realize that you have a choice among development tools, and that by choosing us you are counting on us to be a key component in your business. We work around the clock to provide you with ongoing enhancements, support, and innovative products; and we will always do our best to exceed your expectations!