Contains a cryptography class that has a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.
<cryptoClass customClassName="fully qualified type name" />
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
| Attribute | Description | 
|---|---|
customClassName  | 
Required attribute. Contains the information for the cryptography class. Use this attribute to provide a short name for your class. You must specify a string that meets the requirements specified in Specifying Fully Qualified Type Names.  | 
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element | Description | 
|---|---|
configuration  | 
The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.  | 
cryptoClasses  | 
Contains a list of cryptography classes that have a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.  | 
cryptographySettings  | 
Contains cryptography settings.  | 
cryptoNameMapping  | 
Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.  | 
mscorlib  | 
Contains the <cryptographySettings> element.  | 
Example
The following example shows how use the <cryptoClass> element to reference a cryptography class and to configure the runtime so that System.Security.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName("RSA") and System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm.Create return a MyCryptoRSAClass object.
<configuration>
   <mscorlib>
      <cryptographySettings>
         <cryptoNameMapping>
            <cryptoClasses>
               <cryptoClass   MyCryptoRSA="MyCryptoRSAClass, MyAssembly
                  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a5d015c7d5a0b012,
                  Version=1.0.0.0"/>
            </cryptoClasses>
            <nameEntry name="RSA" class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
            <nameEntry name="System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm"
                       class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
         </cryptoNameMapping>
      </cryptographySettings>
   </mscorlib>
</configuration>
See Also
Reference
Other Resources
Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework
Cryptographic Services
Configuring Cryptography Classes