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Generate a new AES 256 Key with PowerShell
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New-AES256Key.ps1
$random = [System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator]::Create();
$buffer = New-Object byte[] 32;
$random.GetBytes($buffer);
[BitConverter]::ToString($buffer).Replace("-", [string]::Empty);
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Can you make a script that would add special characters in the key?

The output is the Hexadecimal representation of the key - by definition this is only 0-9 and a-f. Special characters are encoded in the same way.

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