SslStream.CipherAlgorithm Property

public:
 virtual property System::Security::Authentication::CipherAlgorithmType CipherAlgorithm { System::Security::Authentication::CipherAlgorithmType get(); };

[System.Obsolete("KeyExchangeAlgorithm, KeyExchangeStrength, CipherAlgorithm, CipherStrength, HashAlgorithm and HashStrength properties of SslStream are obsolete. Use NegotiatedCipherSuite instead.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0058", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")]
public virtual System.Security.Authentication.CipherAlgorithmType CipherAlgorithm { get; }

public virtual System.Security.Authentication.CipherAlgorithmType CipherAlgorithm { get; }

[<System.Obsolete("KeyExchangeAlgorithm, KeyExchangeStrength, CipherAlgorithm, CipherStrength, HashAlgorithm and HashStrength properties of SslStream are obsolete. Use NegotiatedCipherSuite instead.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0058", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")>]
member this.CipherAlgorithm : System.Security.Authentication.CipherAlgorithmType

member this.CipherAlgorithm : System.Security.Authentication.CipherAlgorithmType

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property CipherAlgorithm As CipherAlgorithmType

A value that identifies the bulk encryption algorithm used by this SslStream.

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

The following code example displays the cryptography settings for the specified stream.

static void DisplaySecurityLevel(SslStream stream)
{
   Console.WriteLine("Cipher: {0} strength {1}", stream.CipherAlgorithm, stream.CipherStrength);
   Console.WriteLine("Hash: {0} strength {1}", stream.HashAlgorithm, stream.HashStrength);
   Console.WriteLine("Key exchange: {0} strength {1}", stream.KeyExchangeAlgorithm, stream.KeyExchangeStrength);
   Console.WriteLine("Protocol: {0}", stream.SslProtocol);
}

Private Shared Sub DisplaySecurityLevel(stream As SslStream)
    Console.WriteLine("Cipher: {0} strength {1}", stream.CipherAlgorithm, stream.CipherStrength)
    Console.WriteLine("Hash: {0} strength {1}", stream.HashAlgorithm, stream.HashStrength)
    Console.WriteLine("Key exchange: {0} strength {1}", stream.KeyExchangeAlgorithm, stream.KeyExchangeStrength)
    Console.WriteLine("Protocol: {0}", stream.SslProtocol)
End Sub

A value of Null is required for the CipherAlgorithm property when the NoEncryption enumeration value is used to construct a SslStream instance.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP do not support the Null value. So even if the Null value is used to construct the SslStream instance, the EncryptionPolicy property will be None. The Null value is only returned on Windows Vista and later.