Exception in RSACryptoServiceProvider

[ajayleo]

Hello

The following line of code throws an exception" The System Cannot find
the file specified".
This is on .Net 2.0.

RSA rsaKey = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(); //Creating with Default
key


Appreciate the help
Thanks


rsaKey shows up as follows during debugging.


-rsaKey
{System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider}
-base
{System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider}

KeyExchangeAlgorithm "RSA-PKCS1-KeyEx"

- KeySize ((System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm)
(rsaKey)).KeySize'
threw an exception of type

'System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException'

+base {"The system cannot find the file specified.\r\n"}

 

[Latish Sehgal]

Is this a web app or Win Forms?
The associated account for the app should have rights over the key
store so that the key can be created.

There are already a couple of similar threads out there.
Check out
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...a649d751fe4/1b90345a0e2c2bee#1b90345a0e2c2bee
http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups...t.framework.aspnet.security/2002-06/0062.html

Latish