# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. # Licensed under the MIT License. Describe "SecureString conversion tests" -Tags "CI" { BeforeAll { $string = "ABCD" $secureString = [System.Security.SecureString]::New() $string.ToCharArray() | foreach-object { $securestring.AppendChar($_) } } It "using null arguments to ConvertFrom-SecureString produces an exception" { { ConvertFrom-SecureString -secureString $null -key $null } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertFromSecureStringCommand" } It "using a bad key produces an exception" { $badkey = [byte[]]@(1,2) { ConvertFrom-SecureString -securestring $secureString -key $badkey } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertFromSecureStringCommand" } It "Can convert to a secure string" { $ss = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force abcd $ss | Should -BeOfType SecureString } It "can convert back from a secure string" { $secret = "abcd" $ss1 = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force $secret $ss2 = convertfrom-securestring $ss1 | convertto-securestring [pscredential]::New("user",$ss2).GetNetworkCredential().Password | Should -Be $secret } }