Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Console.WriteLine(DecryptString("fTEzAfYDoz1YzkqhQkH6GQFYKp1XY5hm7bjOP86yYxE="))
Public Function DecryptString(EncryptedString As String) As String
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(EncryptedString) Then
Return Decrypt(EncryptedString, "N3st22", "88552299", 2, "464R5DFA5DL6LE28", 256)
Public Function Decrypt(ByVal cipherText As String, _
ByVal passPhrase As String, _
ByVal saltValue As String, _
ByVal passwordIterations As Integer, _
ByVal initVector As String, _
ByVal keySize As Integer) _
Dim initVectorBytes As Byte()
initVectorBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(initVector)
Dim saltValueBytes As Byte()
saltValueBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(saltValue)
Dim cipherTextBytes As Byte()
cipherTextBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText)
Dim password As New Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passPhrase, _
keyBytes = password.GetBytes(CInt(keySize / 8))
Dim symmetricKey As New AesCryptoServiceProvider
symmetricKey.Mode = CipherMode.CBC
Dim decryptor As ICryptoTransform
decryptor = symmetricKey.CreateDecryptor(keyBytes, initVectorBytes)
Dim memoryStream As IO.MemoryStream
memoryStream = New IO.MemoryStream(cipherTextBytes)
Dim cryptoStream As CryptoStream
cryptoStream = New CryptoStream(memoryStream, _
Dim plainTextBytes As Byte()
ReDim plainTextBytes(cipherTextBytes.Length)
Dim decryptedByteCount As Integer
decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, _
plainText = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(plainTextBytes, _