<para>The <seecref="N:System.Security.Cryptography"/> namespace provides cryptographic services, including secure encoding and decoding of data, as well as many other operations, such as hashing, random number generation, and message authentication. For more information, see <formattype="text/html"><ahref="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/92f9ye3s(v=vs.110).aspx">Cryptographic Services</a></format>.</para>