imports System imports System.Text imports System.Security.Cryptography public module MyModule sub Main Dim sa As SymmetricAlgorithm = SymmetricAlgorithm.Create("TripleDES") sa.GenerateKey() sa.GenerateIV() Console.WriteLine("Key: " & Convert.ToBase64String(sa.Key)) Console.WriteLine("IV: " & Convert.ToBase64String(sa.IV)) Console.ReadLine 'so you can see the output end sub end module