encyption method in C#.NET

[judithSampathwa]

hi there,

does anybody know a good encryption method that can be used the C#.NET to encrypt and decrypt the password in C#.NET desktop application?

thanxxxxxx

[sknake]

I have posted a code snippet for a sample login screen that includes encrypt/decrypt:
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet217409.html

/// <summary>
    /// Key for the crypto provider
    /// </summary>
    private static readonly byte[] _key = { 0xA1, 0xF1, 0xA6, 0xBB, 0xA2, 0x5A, 0x37, 0x6F, 0x81, 0x2E, 0x17, 0x41, 0x72, 0x2C, 0x43, 0x27 };
    /// <summary>
    /// Initialization vector for the crypto provider
    /// </summary>
    private static readonly byte[] _initVector = { 0xE1, 0xF1, 0xA6, 0xBB, 0xA9, 0x5B, 0x31, 0x2F, 0x81, 0x2E, 0x17, 0x4C, 0xA2, 0x81, 0x53, 0x61 };

    /// <summary>
    /// Encrypt a string
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Password"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private static string Encrypt(string Password)
    {
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Password))
        return string.Empty;

      byte[] Value = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Password);
      SymmetricAlgorithm mCSP = new RijndaelManaged();
      mCSP.Key = _key;
      mCSP.IV = _initVector;
      using (ICryptoTransform ct = mCSP.CreateEncryptor(mCSP.Key, mCSP.IV))
      {
        using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
        {
          using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms, ct, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
          {
            cs.Write(Value, 0, Value.Length);
            cs.FlushFinalBlock();
            cs.Close();
            return Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
          }
        }
      }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Decrypt a string
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Value"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private static string Decrypt(string Value)
    {
      SymmetricAlgorithm mCSP;
      ICryptoTransform ct = null;
      MemoryStream ms = null;
      CryptoStream cs = null;
      byte[] byt;
      byte[] _result;

      mCSP = new RijndaelManaged();

      try
      {
        mCSP.Key = _key;
        mCSP.IV = _initVector;
        ct = mCSP.CreateDecryptor(mCSP.Key, mCSP.IV);


        byt = Convert.FromBase64String(Value);

        ms = new MemoryStream();
        cs = new CryptoStream(ms, ct, CryptoStreamMode.Write);
        cs.Write(byt, 0, byt.Length);
        cs.FlushFinalBlock();

        cs.Close();
        _result = ms.ToArray();
      }
      catch
      {
        _result = null;
      }
      finally
      {
        if (ct != null)
          ct.Dispose();
        if (ms != null)
          ms.Dispose();
        if (cs != null)
          cs.Dispose();
      }

      return ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(_result);
    }