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internal sealed class Cryptography
{
    private static readonly byte[] Salt = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("X");
    private static readonly string Sec = "Y"; // Can also be shared through functions!

    public static string EncryptStringAES(string plainText)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(plainText))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");

        string outStr;
        RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;

        try
        {
            var key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(Sec, Salt);

            aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
            aesAlg.Key = key.GetBytes(aesAlg.KeySize / 8);

            var encryptor = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);

            using (var msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
            {
                msEncrypt.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(aesAlg.IV.Length), 0, sizeof(int));
                msEncrypt.Write(aesAlg.IV, 0, aesAlg.IV.Length);
                using (var csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
                {
                    using (var swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
                    {
                        swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
                    }
                }
                outStr = Convert.ToBase64String(msEncrypt.ToArray());
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            if (aesAlg != null)
            {
                aesAlg.Clear();
            }
        }

        return outStr;
    }

    public static string DecryptStringAES(string cipherText)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cipherText))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");

        RijndaelManaged aesAlg = null;
        string plaintext;

        try
        {
            var key = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(Sec, Salt);
            byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
            using (var msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(bytes))
            {
                aesAlg = new RijndaelManaged();
                aesAlg.Key = key.GetBytes(aesAlg.KeySize / 8);
                aesAlg.IV = ReadByteArray(msDecrypt);
                ICryptoTransform decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);
                using (var csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
                {
                    using (var srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
                        plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            if (aesAlg != null)
                aesAlg.Clear();
        }

        return plaintext;
    }

    private static byte[] ReadByteArray(Stream s)
    {
        var rawLength = new byte[sizeof(int)];
        if (s.Read(rawLength, 0, rawLength.Length) != rawLength.Length)
        {
            throw new SystemException("Stream did not contain properly formatted byte array!");
        }

        var buffer = new byte[BitConverter.ToInt32(rawLength, 0)];
        if (s.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) != buffer.Length)
        {
            throw new SystemException("Did not read byte array properly!");
        }

        return buffer;
    }
}