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how can I Implement this c# code in python

the following uses the System.Security.Cryptography namespace from c# and implements the unprotect method from the ProtectedData class

byte[] output = ProtectedData.Unprotect(input, null, DataProtectionScope.LocalMachine);

I'm trying to access my pc's HKEY_LOCALMACHINE registry with python because theres a key somewhere in it that i need (to read), in order to decrypt a file. I read the docs but I'm still just not sure what method I should use for that purpose

aReg = winreg.ConnectRegistry(None, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)

I'm not quite sure what comes next so any help would be appreciated.

Solution

  • Turns out I needed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/dpapi/nf-dpapi-cryptunprotectdata

    import win32crypt

#open binary file in readmode
filecontents = fileObject.read()


unecryptedFileContents = win32crypt.CryptUnprotectData(filecontents)