Public/ConvertTo-EncryptedString.ps1
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function ConvertTo-EncryptedString { <# .SYNOPSIS Encrypts the contents of a secure string to make it usable on another system .DESCRIPTION A SecureString cannot be used on a different system than the one it was created on. This function encrypts the password using a custom encryption key to make the contents portable .PARAMETER SecureString Sensitive content .PARAMETER Key Custom encryption key .EXAMPLE ConvertTo-EncryptedString -SecureString $SecureString -Key 'key012345678' #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([string])] param( [Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Security.SecureString] $SecureString , [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $Key ) $ByteData = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($Key) ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $SecureString -Key $ByteData } |