using System.Security.Cryptography;
public class RsaEncryptionPkcs1String {
public static void Main() {
Console.WriteLine("RSA 2048 encryption PKCS 1.5 string");
string dataToEncryptString = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
Console.WriteLine("plaintext: " + dataToEncryptString);
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 publicKeyPem, byte[] plaintext) {
RSA rsaAlg = RSA.Create();
rsaAlg.ImportFromPem(publicKeyPem);
var encryptedData = rsaAlg.Encrypt(plaintext, RSAEncryptionPadding.Pkcs1);
public static byte[] rsaDecryptionPkcs1(string privateKeyPem, byte[] ciphertext) {
RSA rsaAlgd = RSA.Create();
byte[] privateKeyByte = getRsaPrivateKeyEncodedFromPem(privateKeyPem);
rsaAlgd.ImportPkcs8PrivateKey(privateKeyByte, out _out);
var decryptedData = rsaAlgd.Decrypt(ciphertext, RSAEncryptionPadding.Pkcs1);
public static byte[] rsaEncryptionOaepSha1(string publicKeyXml, byte[] plaintext) {
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSAalg = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(2048);
RSAalg.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
RSAalg.FromXmlString(publicKeyXml);
return RSAalg.Encrypt(plaintext, true);
public static byte[] rsaDecryptionOaepSha1(string privateKeyXml, byte[] ciphertext) {
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSAalg = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(2048);
RSAalg.PersistKeyInCsp = false;
RSAalg.FromXmlString(privateKeyXml);
return RSAalg.Decrypt(ciphertext, true);
static string Base64Encoding(byte[] input) {
return Convert.ToBase64String(input);
static byte[] Base64Decoding(String input) {
return Convert.FromBase64String(input);
private static byte[] getRsaPrivateKeyEncodedFromPem(string rsaPrivateKeyPem) {
string rsaPrivateKeyHeaderPem = "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n";
string rsaPrivateKeyFooterPem = "-----END PRIVATE KEY-----";
string rsaPrivateKeyDataPem = rsaPrivateKeyPem.Replace(rsaPrivateKeyHeaderPem, "").Replace(rsaPrivateKeyFooterPem, "").Replace("\n", "");
return Base64Decoding(rsaPrivateKeyDataPem);
private static string loadRsaPrivateKeyPem() {
return "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n" +
"MIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQDwSZYlRn86zPi9\n" +
"e1RTZL7QzgE/36zjbeCMyOhf6o/WIKeVxFwVbG2FAY3YJZIxnBH+9j1XS6f+ewjG\n" +
"FlJY4f2IrOpS1kPiO3fmOo5N4nc8JKvjwmKtUM0t63uFFPfs69+7mKJ4w3tk2mSN\n" +
"4gb8J9P9BCXtH6Q78SdOYvdCMspA1X8eERsdLb/jjHs8+gepKqQ6+XwZbSq0vf2B\n" +
"MtaAB7zTX/Dk+ZxDfwIobShPaB0mYmojE2YAQeRq1gYdwwO1dEGk6E5J2toWPpKY\n" +
"/IcSYsGKyFqrsmbw0880r1BwRDer4RFrkzp4zvY+kX3eDanlyMqDLPN+ghXT1lv8\n" +
"snZpbaBDAgMBAAECggEBAIVxmHzjBc11/73bPB2EGaSEg5UhdzZm0wncmZCLB453\n" +
"XBqEjk8nhDsVfdzIIMSEVEowHijYz1c4pMq9osXR26eHwCp47AI73H5zjowadPVl\n" +
"uEAot/xgn1IdMN/boURmSj44qiI/DcwYrTdOi2qGA+jD4PwrUl4nsxiJRZ/x7PjL\n" +
"hMzRbvDxQ4/Q4ThYXwoEGiIBBK/iB3Z5eR7lFa8E5yAaxM2QP9PENBr/OqkGXLWV\n" +
"qA/YTxs3gAvkUjMhlScOi7PMwRX9HsrAeLKbLuC1KJv1p2THUtZbOHqrAF/uwHaj\n" +
"ygUblFaa/BTckTN7PKSVIhp7OihbD04bSRrh+nOilcECgYEA/8atV5DmNxFrxF1P\n" +
"ODDjdJPNb9pzNrDF03TiFBZWS4Q+2JazyLGjZzhg5Vv9RJ7VcIjPAbMy2Cy5BUff\n" +
"EFE+8ryKVWfdpPxpPYOwHCJSw4Bqqdj0Pmp/xw928ebrnUoCzdkUqYYpRWx0T7YV\n" +
"RoA9RiBfQiVHhuJBSDPYJPoP34kCgYEA8H9wLE5L8raUn4NYYRuUVMa+1k4Q1N3X\n" +
"Bixm5cccc/Ja4LVvrnWqmFOmfFgpVd8BcTGaPSsqfA4j/oEQp7tmjZqggVFqiM2m\n" +
"J2YEv18cY/5kiDUVYR7VWSkpqVOkgiX3lK3UkIngnVMGGFnoIBlfBFF9uo02rZpC\n" +
"5o5zebaDImsCgYAE9d5wv0+nq7/STBj4NwKCRUeLrsnjOqRriG3GA/TifAsX+jw8\n" +
"XS2VF+PRLuqHhSkQiKazGr2Wsa9Y6d7qmxjEbmGkbGJBC+AioEYvFX9TaU8oQhvi\n" +
"hgA6ZRNid58EKuZJBbe/3ek4/nR3A0oAVwZZMNGIH972P7cSZmb/uJXMOQKBgQCs\n" +
"FaQAL+4sN/TUxrkAkylqF+QJmEZ26l2nrzHZjMWROYNJcsn8/XkaEhD4vGSnazCu\n" +
"/B0vU6nMppmezF9Mhc112YSrw8QFK5GOc3NGNBoueqMYy1MG8Xcbm1aSMKVv8xba\n" +
"rh+BZQbxy6x61CpCfaT9hAoA6HaNdeoU6y05lBz1DQKBgAbYiIk56QZHeoZKiZxy\n" +
"4eicQS0sVKKRb24ZUd+04cNSTfeIuuXZrYJ48Jbr0fzjIM3EfHvLgh9rAZ+aHe/L\n" +
"84Ig17KiExe+qyYHjut/SC0wODDtzM/jtrpqyYa5JoEpPIaUSgPuTH/WhO3cDsx6\n" +
"3PIW4/CddNs8mCSBOqTnoaxh\n" +
"-----END PRIVATE KEY-----";
private static string loadRsaPublicKeyPem() {
return "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\n" +
"MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA8EmWJUZ/Osz4vXtUU2S+\n" +
"0M4BP9+s423gjMjoX+qP1iCnlcRcFWxthQGN2CWSMZwR/vY9V0un/nsIxhZSWOH9\n" +
"iKzqUtZD4jt35jqOTeJ3PCSr48JirVDNLet7hRT37Ovfu5iieMN7ZNpkjeIG/CfT\n" +
"/QQl7R+kO/EnTmL3QjLKQNV/HhEbHS2/44x7PPoHqSqkOvl8GW0qtL39gTLWgAe8\n" +
"01/w5PmcQ38CKG0oT2gdJmJqIxNmAEHkatYGHcMDtXRBpOhOSdraFj6SmPyHEmLB\n" +
"ishaq7Jm8NPPNK9QcEQ3q+ERa5M6eM72PpF93g2p5cjKgyzzfoIV09Zb/LJ2aW2g\n" +
"-----END PUBLIC KEY-----";