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HMAC.BlockSizeValue Property

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Gets or sets the block size to use in the hash value.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Property BlockSizeValue As Integer
protected int BlockSizeValue { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The block size to use in the hash value.

Remarks

A Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) uses a hash function where data is hashed by iterating a basic compression function on blocks of data. BlockSizeValue is the byte size of such a block. Its value is 64 bytes.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.