GenerateKeyPair Method

GenerateKeyPair(ECCurve)

Generates a elliptic curve public/private keypair that can be used for ECDH operations.

C#

ECParameters GenerateKeyPair(ECCurve curve)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Security.Cryptography.ECCurve	curve	The elliptic curve that the keypair should be generated on.

Returns

System.Security.Cryptography.ECParameters

An ECParameters structure representing the Curve, the public point Q, and the private key D.

Remarks

As of SDK 1.5.0, only the named curves `ECCurve.NamedCurves.nistP256`, `ECCurve.NamedCurves.nistP384`, and `ECCurve.NamedCurves.nistP521` are required to be supported.

Callers of this function should take care when handling this structure. Since it will contain the private key value in `D`, it is recommended that `CryptographicOperations.ZeroMemory` be called as soon as the key is no longer needed.