Alternative to SecureString on a .net Standard library?

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I have a .net framework 4.7 library with extensions methods, one of them use a securestring, but I would like to convert this library to .net Standard 1.6. However, It is not possible to use the SecureString type.

So I would like to know if there are alternatives to SecureString in .net Standard.

Thanks.

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c#.net-standardsecurestring
nuget.org/packages/System.Security.SecureString? - GSerg

1 Answers

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SecureString is available for .NET Core via the System.Security.SecureString NuGet package. This NuGet package currently cannot be used in .NET Standard libraries as its implementation is specific to .NET Core. To use this package, you have to create a .NET Core library.

In .NET Standard 2.0, this type will be available without the need to add a NuGet package and you'll be able to use it in a .NET Standard library.