1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Security/EncryptionManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Security/EncryptionManager.cs
index 73a4e3004..33818dcea 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Security/EncryptionManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Security/EncryptionManager.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Security
         {
             if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");
 
+#if __MonoCS__
+            return EncryptStringUniversal(value);
+#endif
+
             return Encoding.Default.GetString(ProtectedData.Protect(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(value), null, DataProtectionScope.LocalMachine));
         }
 
@@ -30,7 +34,27 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Security
         {
             if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");
 
+#if __MonoCS__
+            return DecryptStringUniversal(value);
+#endif
+
             return Encoding.Default.GetString(ProtectedData.Unprotect(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(value), null, DataProtectionScope.LocalMachine));
         }
+
+        private string EncryptStringUniversal(string value)
+        {
+            // Yes, this isn't good, but ProtectedData in mono is throwing exceptions, so use this for now
+
+            var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value);
+            return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
+        }
+
+        private string DecryptStringUniversal(string value)
+        {
+            // Yes, this isn't good, but ProtectedData in mono is throwing exceptions, so use this for now
+
+            var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(value);
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+        }
     }
 }