using System.Security.Cryptography;
public static class Program
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Libsodium crypto box hybrid string encryption");
string plaintext = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
Console.WriteLine("plaintext: " + plaintext);
Console.WriteLine("\n* * * encryption * * *");
Console.WriteLine("all data are in Base64 encoding");
string privateKeyABase64 = "yJIzp7IueQOu8l202fwI21/aNXUxXBcg3jJoLFJATlU=";
string publicKeyBBase64 = "jVSuHjVH47PMbMaAxL5ziBS9/Z0HQK6TJLw9X3Jw6yg=";
byte[] privateKeyA = Base64Decoding(privateKeyABase64);
byte[] publicKeyB = Base64Decoding(publicKeyBBase64);
string ciphertextBase64 = SecretboxEncryptionToBase64(privateKeyA, publicKeyB, plaintext);
Console.WriteLine("privateKeyA: " + privateKeyABase64);
Console.WriteLine("publicKeyB: " + publicKeyBBase64);
Console.WriteLine("ciphertext: " + ciphertextBase64);
Console.WriteLine("output is (Base64) nonce : (Base64) ciphertext");
Console.WriteLine("\n* * * decryption * * *");
string ciphertextReceivedBase64 = ciphertextBase64;
string privateKeyBBase64 = "yNmXR5tfBXA/uZjanND+IYgGXlrFnrdUiUXesI4fOlM=";
string publicKeyABase64 = "b+Z6ajj7wI6pKAK5N28Hzp0Lyhv2PvHofwGY3WSm7W0=";
byte[] privateKeyB = Base64Decoding(privateKeyBBase64);
byte[] publicKeyA = Base64Decoding(publicKeyABase64);
string decryptedtext = SecretboxDecryptionFromBase64(privateKeyA, publicKeyB, ciphertextReceivedBase64);
Console.WriteLine("ciphertext: " + ciphertextReceivedBase64);
Console.WriteLine("input is (Base64) nonce : (Base64) ciphertext");
Console.WriteLine("privateKeyB: " + privateKeyBBase64);
Console.WriteLine("publicKeyA: " + publicKeyBBase64);
Console.WriteLine("decrypt.text:" + decryptedtext);
private static string SecretboxEncryptionToBase64(byte[] privateKey, byte[] publicKey, string plaintext){
byte[] nonce = GenerateRandomNonce();
return Base64Encoding(nonce) + ":" + Base64Encoding(PublicKeyBox.Create(plaintext, nonce, privateKey, publicKey));
private static string SecretboxDecryptionFromBase64(byte[] privateKey, byte[] publicKey, string ciphertextBase64) {
string[] parts = ciphertextBase64.Split(':');
byte[] nonce = Base64Decoding(parts[0]);
byte[] ciphertext = Base64Decoding(parts[1]);
var decrypted = PublicKeyBox.Open(ciphertext, nonce, privateKey, publicKey);
return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decrypted, 0, decrypted.Length);
private static byte[] GenerateRandomNonce() {
RNGCryptoServiceProvider rngCsp = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
byte[] nonce = new byte[24];
private static string Base64Encoding(byte[] input) {
return Convert.ToBase64String(input);
private static byte[] Base64Decoding(String input) {
return Convert.FromBase64String(input);