RNGCryptoServiceProvider() is obsolete

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Type of issue

Code doesn't work

Description

Example:
Dim random() As Byte = New Byte(100) {}
'RNGCryptoServiceProvider is an implementation of an RNG
Dim rng As New RNGCryptoServiceProvider()
rng.GetBytes(random) ' bytes in random are now random

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.cryptography.randomnumbergenerator.getbytes?view=net-7.0

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/main/xml/System.Security.Cryptography/RandomNumberGenerator.xml

Document Version Independent Id

1bda3c6e-24e8-fb87-53af-851346949446

Article author

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[vcsjones]

I can fix up the example to use not-obsolete APIs.

Thanks for bringing attention to it.