I am using the DPAPI C# ProtectedData class to encrypt some information stored in the database. I am using it both with and without the optionalEntropy
. Encrypting the same data multiple times, the first 80 characters (~60 bytes, I believe, base-64) are always the same. Shouldn't they be different?
-- With IV
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--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
--Without IV
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--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