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