encrypt/decrypt using asymmetric algorithm RSA

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Import namespaces

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

Class

public static class AsymmetricEncryption
{
    private static bool _optimalAsymmetricEncryptionPadding = false;

    public static void GenerateKeys(int keySize, out string publicKey, out string publicAndPrivateKey)
    {
        using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(keySize))
        {
            publicKey = provider.ToXmlString(false);
            publicAndPrivateKey = provider.ToXmlString(true);
        }
    }

    public static string EncryptText(string text, int keySize, string publicKeyXml)
    {
        var encrypted = Encrypt(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text), keySize, publicKeyXml);
        return Convert.ToBase64String(encrypted);
    }

    public static byte[] Encrypt(byte[] data, int keySize, string publicKeyXml)
    {
        if (data == null || data.Length == 0) throw new ArgumentException("Data are empty", "data");
        int maxLength = GetMaxDataLength(keySize);
        if (data.Length > maxLength) throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Maximum data length is {0}", maxLength), "data");
        if (!IsKeySizeValid(keySize)) throw new ArgumentException("Key size is not valid", "keySize");
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(publicKeyXml)) throw new ArgumentException("Key is null or empty", "publicKeyXml");

        using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(keySize))
        {
            provider.FromXmlString(publicKeyXml);
            return provider.Encrypt(data, _optimalAsymmetricEncryptionPadding);
        }
    }

    public static string DecryptText(string text, int keySize, string publicAndPrivateKeyXml)
    {
        var decrypted = Decrypt(Convert.FromBase64String(text), keySize, publicAndPrivateKeyXml);
        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decrypted);
    }

    public static byte[] Decrypt(byte[] data, int keySize, string publicAndPrivateKeyXml)
    {
        if (data == null || data.Length == 0) throw new ArgumentException("Data are empty", "data");
        if (!IsKeySizeValid(keySize)) throw new ArgumentException("Key size is not valid", "keySize");
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(publicAndPrivateKeyXml)) throw new ArgumentException("Key is null or empty", "publicAndPrivateKeyXml");

        using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(keySize))
        {
            provider.FromXmlString(publicAndPrivateKeyXml);
            return provider.Decrypt(data, _optimalAsymmetricEncryptionPadding);
        }
    }

    public static int GetMaxDataLength(int keySize)
    {
        if (_optimalAsymmetricEncryptionPadding)
        {
            return ((keySize - 384) / 8) + 7;
        }
        return ((keySize - 384) / 8) + 37;
    }

    public static bool IsKeySizeValid(int keySize)
    {
        return keySize >= 384 &&
                keySize <= 16384 &&
                keySize % 8 == 0;
    }
}

Use

const int keySize = 1024;
string publicAndPrivateKey;
string publicKey;

AsymmetricEncryption.GenerateKeys(keySize, out publicKey, out publicAndPrivateKey);

string text = "text for encryption";
string encrypted = AsymmetricEncryption.EncryptText(text, keySize, publicKey);
string decrypted = AsymmetricEncryption.DecryptText(encrypted, keySize, publicAndPrivateKey);
Console.WriteLine("Encrypted: {0}", encrypted);
Console.WriteLine("Decrypted: {0}", decrypted);

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