Class AccountInfo

Represents the public and private information of a Smartcrypt identity.

Inheritance

Object

AccountInfo

Inherited Members

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.ToString()

Namespace: PKWARE.Smartcrypt.MetaClient

Assembly: MetaClient.dll

Syntax

public sealed class AccountInfo

Remarks

This type is particularly useful when creating a new identity as it creates all the public and private information necessary to populate the Pid, Sid, and User. It can also be used to load an existing identity and extract the encrypted information it contains.

Fields

Credentials

Declaration

[NotNull]
public readonly Credentials Credentials

Field Value

Type	Description
Credentials

PublicKey

Base64 encoded with V2 prefix. Will not be null if this object represents a newly created account rather than account information pertaining to an already existing account.

Declaration

[CanBeNull]
public readonly string PublicKey

Field Value

Type	Description
String

Properties

SHash

The result of performing an HMAC hash using the key derived from PBKDF2(user's password) on the sInfo, the secret data used to couple the User and SID entities.

Declaration

[NotNull]
public string SHash { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

SidLocator

Secret Identity Data locator. Used to link a User entity with a SID entity.

Declaration

[NotNull]
public string SidLocator { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

Methods

FromCredentials(ICryptoProvider, Credentials, String)

Creates a new set of account info by combining the existing credentials with the new password. This is primarily useful for password change scenarios.

Declaration

[NotNull]
public static AccountInfo FromCredentials([NotNull] ICryptoProvider cryptoProvider, [NotNull] Credentials credentials, [NotNull] string password)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ICryptoProvider	cryptoProvider	The provider to use for random byte generation.
Credentials	credentials	The credentials of the existing account. No changes will be made to this instance.
String	password	A new password with which to generate the info.

Returns

Type	Description
AccountInfo

See Also

PKWARE.Smartcrypt.MetaClient.PasswordChanger