PSEasy.Utility

1.1.1

Data/SecureString/ConvertTo-AesKey.ps1

                                <#

.SYNOPSIS

Converts a secure string to a 32bit AES Key for use with ConvertFrom/To-SecureString

.PARAMETER StringPassword

The secure string password to convert to the key

.EXAMPLE

$context = vegacontext -Secrets @{'config.settings.applicationCredentialsPassword'='blahpassword'}

$ApplicationKey = ConvertTo-AesKey (Get-ObjectModelValue -ObjectModel $context -Path 'vegaKeyName' -SecretsOnly)

#>

function ConvertTo-AesKey {

  param (

      [SecureString]$StringPassword

  )

  $InsecureString = ($StringPassword | ConvertFrom-SecureString -AsPlainText)

  # pad to 32 chars with 0

  $InsecureString = "$InsecureString$([string]::new("0",32 - $InsecureString.Length))"

  $encoder = new-object System.Text.UTF8Encoding

  Write-Output $encoder.GetBytes($InsecureString)

}