下面的代码是Ghazal回答类似问题的改进版本。

public class EncryptionHelper
{
    private Aes aesEncryptor;

    public EncryptionHelper()
    {
    }

    private void BuildAesEncryptor(string key)
    {
        aesEncryptor = Aes.Create();
        var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(key, new byte[] { 0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76 });
        aesEncryptor.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
        aesEncryptor.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
    }

    public string EncryptString(string clearText, string key)
    {
        BuildAesEncryptor(key);
        var clearBytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(clearText);
        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
        {
            using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, aesEncryptor.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            {
                cs.Write(clearBytes, 0, clearBytes.Length);
            }
            var encryptedText = Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
            return encryptedText;
        }
    }

    public string DecryptString(string cipherText, string key)
    {
        BuildAesEncryptor(key);
        cipherText = cipherText.Replace(" ", "+");
        var cipherBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
        {
            using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, aesEncryptor.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            {
                cs.Write(cipherBytes, 0, cipherBytes.Length);
            }
            var clearText = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(ms.ToArray());
            return clearText;
        }
    }
}

            using System;
            using System.Collections.Generic;
            using System.Text;
            using System.Text.RegularExpressions;  // This is for password validation
            using System.Security.Cryptography;
            using System.Configuration;  // This is where the hash functions reside

            namespace BullyTracker.Common
            {
                public class HashEncryption
                {
                    //public string GenerateHashvalue(string thisPassword)
                    //{
                    //    MD5CryptoServiceProvider md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
                    //    byte[] tmpSource;
                    //    byte[] tmpHash;

                    //    tmpSource = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(thisPassword); // Turn password into byte array
                    //    tmpHash = md5.ComputeHash(tmpSource);

                    //    StringBuilder sOutput = new StringBuilder(tmpHash.Length);
                    //    for (int i = 0; i < tmpHash.Length; i++)
                    //    {
                    //        sOutput.Append(tmpHash[i].ToString("X2"));  // X2 formats to hexadecimal
                    //    }
                    //    return sOutput.ToString();
                    //}
                    //public Boolean VerifyHashPassword(string thisPassword, string thisHash)
                    //{
                    //    Boolean IsValid = false;
                    //    string tmpHash = GenerateHashvalue(thisPassword); // Call the routine on user input
                    //    if (tmpHash == thisHash) IsValid = true;  // Compare to previously generated hash
                    //    return IsValid;
                    //}
                    public string GenerateHashvalue(string toEncrypt, bool useHashing)
                    {
                        byte[] keyArray;
                        byte[] toEncryptArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(toEncrypt);

                        System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader settingsReader = new AppSettingsReader();
                        // Get the key from config file
                        string key = (string)settingsReader.GetValue("SecurityKey", typeof(String));
                        //System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(key);
                        if (useHashing)
                        {
                            MD5CryptoServiceProvider hashmd5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
                            keyArray = hashmd5.ComputeHash(UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key));
                            hashmd5.Clear();
                        }
                        else
                            keyArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);

                        TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
                        tdes.Key = keyArray;
                        tdes.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
                        tdes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;

                        ICryptoTransform cTransform = tdes.CreateEncryptor();
                        byte[] resultArray = cTransform.TransformFinalBlock(toEncryptArray, 0, toEncryptArray.Length);
                        tdes.Clear();
                        return Convert.ToBase64String(resultArray, 0, resultArray.Length);
                    }
                    /// <summary>
                    /// DeCrypt a string using dual encryption method. Return a DeCrypted clear string
                    /// </summary>
                    /// <param name="cipherString">encrypted string</param>
                    /// <param name="useHashing">Did you use hashing to encrypt this data? pass true is yes</param>
                    /// <returns></returns>
                    public string Decrypt(string cipherString, bool useHashing)
                    {
                        byte[] keyArray;
                        byte[] toEncryptArray = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherString);

                        System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader settingsReader = new AppSettingsReader();
                        //Get your key from config file to open the lock!
                        string key = (string)settingsReader.GetValue("SecurityKey", typeof(String));

                        if (useHashing)
                        {
                            MD5CryptoServiceProvider hashmd5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
                            keyArray = hashmd5.ComputeHash(UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key));
                            hashmd5.Clear();
                        }
                        else
                            keyArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);

                        TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
                        tdes.Key = keyArray;
                        tdes.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
                        tdes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;

                        ICryptoTransform cTransform = tdes.CreateDecryptor();
                        byte[] resultArray = cTransform.TransformFinalBlock(toEncryptArray, 0, toEncryptArray.Length);

                        tdes.Clear();
                        return UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(resultArray);
                    }


                }

            }

我有一个名为X509Crypto的开源项目，它利用证书来加密和解密字符串。它很容易使用。下面是一个如何使用它的例子:

1. 2 .使用X509Crypto命令行生成新的加密证书和密钥对

>x509crypto.exe
X509Crypto> makecert -context user -keysize medium -alias myvault

Certificate with thumbprint B31FE7E7AE5229F8186782742CF579197FA859FD was added to X509Alias "myvault" in the user X509Context

X509Crypto>

2. 使用Encrypt CLI命令向新的X509Alias添加一个秘密

X509Crypto> encrypt -text -alias myvault -context user -secret apikey -in "80EAF03248965AC2B78090"

Secret apikey has been added to X509Alias myvault in the user X509Context

X509Crypto>

3.在程序中引用该秘密

一旦你建立了一个X509Alias并添加了你的秘密，在你的程序中使用Org检索它们是很简单的。X509Crypto nuget包安装:

using Org.X509Crypto;

namespace SampleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var Alias = new X509Alias(@"myvault", X509Context.UserReadOnly);
            var apiKey = Alias.RecoverSecret(@"apikey");
        }
    }
}

EDIT 2013- 10月:虽然我随着时间的推移编辑了这个答案以解决缺点，但请参阅jbtule的答案以获得更健壮、更明智的解决方案。

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10366194/188474

最初的回答:

下面是一个从“RijndaelManaged Class”文档和MCTS训练工具包中派生出来的工作示例。

EDIT 2012- 4月:根据jbtule的建议，这个答案被编辑为IV之前的答案，如下图所示:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.aesmanaged%28v=vs.95%29.aspx

好运！

public class Crypto
{

    //While an app specific salt is not the best practice for
    //password based encryption, it's probably safe enough as long as
    //it is truly uncommon. Also too much work to alter this answer otherwise.
    private static byte[] _salt = __To_Do__("Add a app specific salt here");

    /// <summary>
    /// Encrypt the given string using AES.  The string can be decrypted using 
    /// DecryptStringAES().  The sharedSecret parameters must match.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="plainText">The text to encrypt.</param>
    /// <param name="sharedSecret">A password used to generate a key for encryption.</param>
    public static string EncryptStringAES(string plainText, string sharedSecret)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(plainText))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sharedSecret))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("sharedSecret");

        string outStr = null;                       // Encrypted string to return
        RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;              // RijndaelManaged object used to encrypt the data.

        try
        {
            // generate the key from the shared secret and the salt
            Rfc2898DeriveBytes key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(sharedSecret, _salt);

            // Create a RijndaelManaged object
            aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
            aesAlg.Key = key.GetBytes(aesAlg.KeySize / 8);

            // Create a decryptor to perform the stream transform.
            ICryptoTransform encryptor = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);

            // Create the streams used for encryption.
            using (MemoryStream msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
            {
                // prepend the IV
                msEncrypt.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(aesAlg.IV.Length), 0, sizeof(int));
                msEncrypt.Write(aesAlg.IV, 0, aesAlg.IV.Length);
                using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
                {
                    using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
                    {
                        //Write all data to the stream.
                        swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
                    }
                }
                outStr = Convert.ToBase64String(msEncrypt.ToArray());
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            // Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
            if (aesAlg != null)
                aesAlg.Clear();
        }

        // Return the encrypted bytes from the memory stream.
        return outStr;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Decrypt the given string.  Assumes the string was encrypted using 
    /// EncryptStringAES(), using an identical sharedSecret.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="cipherText">The text to decrypt.</param>
    /// <param name="sharedSecret">A password used to generate a key for decryption.</param>
    public static string DecryptStringAES(string cipherText, string sharedSecret)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cipherText))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sharedSecret))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("sharedSecret");

        // Declare the RijndaelManaged object
        // used to decrypt the data.
        RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;

        // Declare the string used to hold
        // the decrypted text.
        string plaintext = null;

        try
        {
            // generate the key from the shared secret and the salt
            Rfc2898DeriveBytes key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(sharedSecret, _salt);

            // Create the streams used for decryption.                
            byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
            using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(bytes))
            {
                // Create a RijndaelManaged object
                // with the specified key and IV.
                aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
                aesAlg.Key = key.GetBytes(aesAlg.KeySize / 8);
                // Get the initialization vector from the encrypted stream
                aesAlg.IV = ReadByteArray(msDecrypt);
                // Create a decrytor to perform the stream transform.
                ICryptoTransform decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);
                using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
                {
                    using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))

                        // Read the decrypted bytes from the decrypting stream
                        // and place them in a string.
                        plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            // Clear the RijndaelManaged object.
            if (aesAlg != null)
                aesAlg.Clear();
        }

        return plaintext;
    }

    private static byte[] ReadByteArray(Stream s)
    {
        byte[] rawLength = new byte[sizeof(int)];
        if (s.Read(rawLength, 0, rawLength.Length) != rawLength.Length)
        {
            throw new SystemException("Stream did not contain properly formatted byte array");
        }

        byte[] buffer = new byte[BitConverter.ToInt32(rawLength, 0)];
        if (s.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) != buffer.Length)
        {
            throw new SystemException("Did not read byte array properly");
        }

        return buffer;
    }
}

用于AES-GCM加密的BouncyCastle的替代方案是libsodium-net。它包装了libsodium C库。一个很好的优点是它在cpu中使用AES-NI扩展进行非常快速的加密。缺点是，如果CPU没有扩展，它根本无法工作。软件没有退路。

下面的示例演示如何加密和解密示例数据:

    // This constant is used to determine the keysize of the encryption algorithm in bits.
    // We divide this by 8 within the code below to get the equivalent number of bytes.
    private const int Keysize = 128;

    // This constant determines the number of iterations for the password bytes generation function.
    private const int DerivationIterations = 1000;

    public static string Encrypt(string plainText, string passPhrase)
    {
        // Salt and IV is randomly generated each time, but is preprended to encrypted cipher text
        // so that the same Salt and IV values can be used when decrypting.  
        var saltStringBytes = GenerateBitsOfRandomEntropy(16);
        var ivStringBytes = GenerateBitsOfRandomEntropy(16);
        var plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
        using (var password = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passPhrase, saltStringBytes, DerivationIterations))
        {
            var keyBytes = password.GetBytes(Keysize / 8);
            using (var symmetricKey = new RijndaelManaged())
            {
                symmetricKey.BlockSize = 128;
                symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
                symmetricKey.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
                using (var encryptor = symmetricKey.CreateEncryptor(keyBytes, ivStringBytes))
                {
                    using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
                    {
                        using (var cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
                        {
                            cryptoStream.Write(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
                            cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
                            // Create the final bytes as a concatenation of the random salt bytes, the random iv bytes and the cipher bytes.
                            var cipherTextBytes = saltStringBytes;
                            cipherTextBytes = cipherTextBytes.Concat(ivStringBytes).ToArray();
                            cipherTextBytes = cipherTextBytes.Concat(memoryStream.ToArray()).ToArray();
                            memoryStream.Close();
                            cryptoStream.Close();
                            return Convert.ToBase64String(cipherTextBytes);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static string Decrypt(string cipherText, string passPhrase)
    {
        // Get the complete stream of bytes that represent:
        // [32 bytes of Salt] + [32 bytes of IV] + [n bytes of CipherText]
        var cipherTextBytesWithSaltAndIv = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
        // Get the saltbytes by extracting the first 32 bytes from the supplied cipherText bytes.
        var saltStringBytes = cipherTextBytesWithSaltAndIv.Take(Keysize / 8).ToArray();
        // Get the IV bytes by extracting the next 32 bytes from the supplied cipherText bytes.
        var ivStringBytes = cipherTextBytesWithSaltAndIv.Skip(Keysize / 8).Take(Keysize / 8).ToArray();
        // Get the actual cipher text bytes by removing the first 64 bytes from the cipherText string.
        var cipherTextBytes = cipherTextBytesWithSaltAndIv.Skip((Keysize / 8) * 2).Take(cipherTextBytesWithSaltAndIv.Length - ((Keysize / 8) * 2)).ToArray();

        using (var password = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passPhrase, saltStringBytes, DerivationIterations))
        {
            var keyBytes = password.GetBytes(Keysize / 8);
            using (var symmetricKey = new RijndaelManaged())
            {
                symmetricKey.BlockSize = 128;
                symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
                symmetricKey.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
                using (var decryptor = symmetricKey.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, ivStringBytes))
                {
                    using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(cipherTextBytes))
                    {
                        using (var cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
                        {
                            var plainTextBytes = new byte[cipherTextBytes.Length];
                            var decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
                            memoryStream.Close();
                            cryptoStream.Close();
                            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainTextBytes, 0, decryptedByteCount);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private static byte[] GenerateBitsOfRandomEntropy(int size)
    {
        // 32 Bytes will give us 256 bits.
        // 16 Bytes will give us 128 bits.
        var randomBytes = new byte[size]; 
        using (var rngCsp = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
        {
            // Fill the array with cryptographically secure random bytes.
            rngCsp.GetBytes(randomBytes);
        }
        return randomBytes;
    }