using System.Security.Cryptography;
public class RsaEncryptionOaepSha1 {
public static void Main() {
Console.WriteLine("RSA 2048 encryption PKCS1 string");
string dataToEncryptString = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
Console.WriteLine("plaintext: " + dataToEncryptString);
string filenamePrivateKeyXml = "privatekey2048.xml";
string filenamePublicKeyXml = "publickey2048.xml";
Console.WriteLine("\n* * * encrypt the plaintext with the RSA public key * * *");
string publicKeyLoad = loadRsaPublicKeyPem();
byte[] dataToEncrypt = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(dataToEncryptString);
string ciphertextBase64 = Base64Encoding(rsaEncryptionPkcs1(publicKeyLoad, dataToEncrypt));
Console.WriteLine("ciphertextBase64: " + ciphertextBase64);
Console.WriteLine("\n* * * decrypt the ciphertext with the RSA private key * * *");
string ciphertextReceivedBase64 = ciphertextBase64;
Console.WriteLine("ciphertextReceivedBase64: " + ciphertextReceivedBase64);
string privateKeyLoad = loadRsaPrivateKeyPem();
byte[] ciphertextReceived = Base64Decoding(ciphertextReceivedBase64);
byte[] decryptedtextByte = rsaDecryptionPkcs1(privateKeyLoad, ciphertextReceived);
Console.WriteLine("decryptedData: " + Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decryptedtextByte, 0, decryptedtextByte.Length));
catch(ArgumentNullException) {
Console.WriteLine("The data was not RSA encrypted");
public static byte[] rsaEncryptionPkcs1(string publicKeyXml, byte[] plaintext) {
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSAalg = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(2048);
RSAalg.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
RSAalg.FromXmlString(publicKeyXml);
return RSAalg.Encrypt(plaintext, false);
public static byte[] rsaDecryptionPkcs1(string privateKeyXml, byte[] ciphertext) {
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSAalg = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(2048);
RSAalg.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
RSAalg.FromXmlString(privateKeyXml);
return RSAalg.Decrypt(ciphertext, false);
static string Base64Encoding(byte[] input) {
return Convert.ToBase64String(input);
static byte[] Base64Decoding(String input) {
return Convert.FromBase64String(input);
public static string loadRsaPublicKeyPem() {
return "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>8EmWJUZ/Osz4vXtUU2S+0M4BP9+s423gjMjoX+qP1iCnlcRcFWxthQGN2CWSMZwR/vY9V0un/nsIxhZSWOH9iKzqUtZD4jt35jqOTeJ3PCSr48JirVDNLet7hRT37Ovfu5iieMN7ZNpkjeIG/CfT/QQl7R+kO/EnTmL3QjLKQNV/HhEbHS2/44x7PPoHqSqkOvl8GW0qtL39gTLWgAe801/w5PmcQ38CKG0oT2gdJmJqIxNmAEHkatYGHcMDtXRBpOhOSdraFj6SmPyHEmLBishaq7Jm8NPPNK9QcEQ3q+ERa5M6eM72PpF93g2p5cjKgyzzfoIV09Zb/LJ2aW2gQw==</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent></RSAKeyValue>";
public static string loadRsaPrivateKeyPem() {
return "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>8EmWJUZ/Osz4vXtUU2S+0M4BP9+s423gjMjoX+qP1iCnlcRcFWxthQGN2CWSMZwR/vY9V0un/nsIxhZSWOH9iKzqUtZD4jt35jqOTeJ3PCSr48JirVDNLet7hRT37Ovfu5iieMN7ZNpkjeIG/CfT/QQl7R+kO/EnTmL3QjLKQNV/HhEbHS2/44x7PPoHqSqkOvl8GW0qtL39gTLWgAe801/w5PmcQ38CKG0oT2gdJmJqIxNmAEHkatYGHcMDtXRBpOhOSdraFj6SmPyHEmLBishaq7Jm8NPPNK9QcEQ3q+ERa5M6eM72PpF93g2p5cjKgyzzfoIV09Zb/LJ2aW2gQw==</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent><P>/8atV5DmNxFrxF1PODDjdJPNb9pzNrDF03TiFBZWS4Q+2JazyLGjZzhg5Vv9RJ7VcIjPAbMy2Cy5BUffEFE+8ryKVWfdpPxpPYOwHCJSw4Bqqdj0Pmp/xw928ebrnUoCzdkUqYYpRWx0T7YVRoA9RiBfQiVHhuJBSDPYJPoP34k=</P><Q>8H9wLE5L8raUn4NYYRuUVMa+1k4Q1N3XBixm5cccc/Ja4LVvrnWqmFOmfFgpVd8BcTGaPSsqfA4j/oEQp7tmjZqggVFqiM2mJ2YEv18cY/5kiDUVYR7VWSkpqVOkgiX3lK3UkIngnVMGGFnoIBlfBFF9uo02rZpC5o5zebaDIms=</Q><DP>BPXecL9Pp6u/0kwY+DcCgkVHi67J4zqka4htxgP04nwLF/o8PF0tlRfj0S7qh4UpEIimsxq9lrGvWOne6psYxG5hpGxiQQvgIqBGLxV/U2lPKEIb4oYAOmUTYnefBCrmSQW3v93pOP50dwNKAFcGWTDRiB/e9j+3EmZm/7iVzDk=</DP><DQ>rBWkAC/uLDf01Ma5AJMpahfkCZhGdupdp68x2YzFkTmDSXLJ/P15GhIQ+Lxkp2swrvwdL1OpzKaZnsxfTIXNddmEq8PEBSuRjnNzRjQaLnqjGMtTBvF3G5tWkjClb/MW2q4fgWUG8cusetQqQn2k/YQKAOh2jXXqFOstOZQc9Q0=</DQ><InverseQ>BtiIiTnpBkd6hkqJnHLh6JxBLSxUopFvbhlR37Thw1JN94i65dmtgnjwluvR/OMgzcR8e8uCH2sBn5od78vzgiDXsqITF76rJgeO639ILTA4MO3Mz+O2umrJhrkmgSk8hpRKA+5Mf9aE7dwOzHrc8hbj8J102zyYJIE6pOehrGE=</InverseQ><D>hXGYfOMFzXX/vds8HYQZpISDlSF3NmbTCdyZkIsHjndcGoSOTyeEOxV93MggxIRUSjAeKNjPVzikyr2ixdHbp4fAKnjsAjvcfnOOjBp09WW4QCi3/GCfUh0w39uhRGZKPjiqIj8NzBitN06LaoYD6MPg/CtSXiezGIlFn/Hs+MuEzNFu8PFDj9DhOFhfCgQaIgEEr+IHdnl5HuUVrwTnIBrEzZA/08Q0Gv86qQZctZWoD9hPGzeAC+RSMyGVJw6Ls8zBFf0eysB4spsu4LUom/WnZMdS1ls4eqsAX+7AdqPKBRuUVpr8FNyRM3s8pJUiGns6KFsPThtJGuH6c6KVwQ==</D></RSAKeyValue>";