48 lines
1.0 KiB
PowerShell
48 lines
1.0 KiB
PowerShell
function Get-RandomKey {
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<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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Returns a random key
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.DESCRIPTION
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You can use the key for further use with SecureStrings.
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.PARAMETER Size
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Define the key size. You can choose between 16, 24 and 32
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.INPUTS
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[None]
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.OUTPUTS
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Returns a Random key as [Byte[]] array.
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.EXAMPLE
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.\Get-RandomKey -Size 24
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.NOTES
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File Name : Get-RandomKey.ps1
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Author : Marco Blessing - marco.blessing@googlemail.com
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Requires :
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.LINK
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https://github.com/OCram85/PSCredentialStore
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#>
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[CmdletBinding()]
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param(
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[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
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[ValidateSet(16, 24, 32)]
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[string]$size
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)
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# Init the vars
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[Byte[]]$Key = @()
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$i = 0
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while ($i -ne $size) {
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$element = Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 255
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Write-Debug ("The current element is {0}." -f $element)
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$Key += $element
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$i++
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}
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$Key
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}
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