function Get-RandomAESKey { <# .SYNOPSIS Generate a new 32-byte AES key. .DESCRIPTION Uses the System.Security.Cryptography namespace for random aes key generation. .INPUTS [None] .OUTPUTS [byte[]] .EXAMPLE .\Get-RandomAESKey .NOTES File Name : Get-RandomAESKey.ps1 Author : Marco Blessing - marco.blessing@googlemail.com Requires : .LINK https://github.com/OCram85/PSCredentialStore #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([byte[]])] param() begin {} process { $key = [byte[]]::new(32) $rng = [System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider]::Create() $rng.GetBytes($key) Write-Output $key if ($null -ne $key) { [array]::Clear($key, 0, $key.Length) } } end {} }