如何将Base64编码的字符串直接转换为SecureString

时间:2019-01-07 18:08:14

标签: c# utf-8 base64 securestring

我需要将base64编码的字符串转换为SecureString,而不必使用常规的C#字符串,以防止密码以明文形式存储在内存中。

现在我有执行此操作的代码:

string encodedPassword = "TXlQYXNzd29yZA==";
byte[] encodedBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(encodedPassword);
string clearTextPassword = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(encodedBytes);
SecureString secureString = ConvertToSecureString(clearTextPassword);

我想要这样的东西:  Convert.FromBase64StringToSecureString(EncodedPassword)

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:0)

我最终编写了以下使用GetChars()方法的方法,然后在使用后清除数组。如果在执行过程中引发异常,则有可能在内存中留下一些东西,但我并不担心这种情况。

private static SecureString DecodeBase64String(string encodedData)
{
    var secureString = new SecureString();

    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(encodedData))
    {
        secureString.MakeReadOnly();
        return secureString;
    }
    try
    {
        var encodedBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(encodedData);
        var passwordChars = Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(encodedBytes);

        // clear the encoded bytes so they aren't resident in memory
        for (var i = 0; i < encodedBytes.Length; i++)
        {
            encodedBytes[i] = 0;
        }

        foreach (var c in passwordChars)
        {
            secureString.AppendChar(c);
        }

        // clear the password characters so they aren't resident in memory
        for (var i = 0; i < passwordChars.Length; i++)
        {
            passwordChars[i] = (char)0;
        }

        secureString.MakeReadOnly();
        return secureString;
    }
    catch (FormatException)
    {
        secureString.MakeReadOnly();
        return secureString;
    }
}