Public/ConvertFrom-EncryptedString.ps1
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function ConvertFrom-EncryptedString { <# .SYNOPSIS Decrypts a string to a secure string to use it for credentials on the current system .DESCRIPTION Many cmdlets for handling credentials rely on a SecureString. This function decrypts the sensitive data and converts it to a SecureString .PARAMETER EncryptedString Encrypted content .PARAMETER Key Custom encryption key .EXAMPLE ConvertFrom-EncryptedString -EncryptedString $SecureString -Key 'key012345678' #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $EncryptedString , [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $Key ) $ByteData = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($Key) ConvertTo-SecureString -String $EncryptedString -Key $ByteData } |