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Chilkat C# Crypt2 vs .NET framework encryption

anyone out there who has used Chilkat C# Crypt2 library? How does it compare with the .NET framework encryption library? Any pros/cons?

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  • I'd kill for public string CryptAlgorithm {get; set; } (here) because of

    Selects the encryption algorithm for encrypting and decrypting. Possible values are: "pki", "aes", "rijndael", "blowfish", "blowfish2", "des", "3des", "rc2", "arc4", "twofish", "pbes1" and "pbes2".

    Personally, I'm more than sure that this is a god-like-object (which includes compression, encryption, encoding).