diff --git a/src/dotnet/design/Mil/Navy/Nrl/Norm/NormApi.puml b/src/dotnet/design/Mil/Navy/Nrl/Norm/NormApi.puml
index 1be3b84..1cdc009 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/design/Mil/Navy/Nrl/Norm/NormApi.puml
+++ b/src/dotnet/design/Mil/Navy/Nrl/Norm/NormApi.puml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class NormApi <<static>> {
     + {static} <<extern>> NormRequeueObject(sessionHandle:long, objectHandle:long) : bool
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamOpen(sessionHandle:long, bufferSize:long, infoPtr:nint, infoLen:int) : long
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamClose(streamHandle:long, graceful:bool) : void
-    <<internal>> {static} <<extern>> NormStreamWrite(streamHandle:long, buffer:nint, numBytes:int) : int
+    + <<unsafe>> {static} <<extern>> NormStreamWrite(streamHandle:long, buffer:byte*, numBytes:int) : int
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamFlush(streamHandle:long, eom:bool, flushMode:NormFlushMode) : void
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamSetAutoFlush(streamHandle:long, flushMode:NormFlushMode) : void
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamSetPushEnable(streamHandle:long, pushEnable:bool) : void
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class NormApi <<static>> {
     + {static} <<extern>> NormNodeSetRepairBoundary(remoteSender:long, repairBoundary:NormRepairBoundary) : void
     + {static} <<extern>> NormSetDefaultRxRobustFactor(sessionHandle:long, robustFactor:int) : void
     + {static} <<extern>> NormNodeSetRxRobustFactor(remoteSender:long, robustFactor:int) : void
-    + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamRead(streamHandle:long, buffer:nint, numBytes:int) : bool
+    + <<unsafe>> {static} <<extern>> NormStreamRead(streamHandle:long, buffer:byte*, numBytes:int) : bool
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamSeekMsgStart(streamHandle:long) : bool
     + {static} <<extern>> NormStreamGetReadOffset(streamHandle:long) : long
     + {static} <<extern>> NormObjectGetType(objectHandle:long) : NormObjectType
diff --git a/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormApi.cs b/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormApi.cs
index 876941f..ab63936 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormApi.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormApi.cs
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ namespace Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm
         /// <param name="numBytes">The numBytes parameter indicates the length of the data content.</param>
         /// <returns>This function returns the number of bytes of data successfully enqueued for NORM stream transmission.</returns>
         [DllImport(NORM_LIBRARY)]
-        internal static extern int NormStreamWrite(long streamHandle, nint buffer, int numBytes);
+        public unsafe static extern int NormStreamWrite(long streamHandle, byte* buffer, int numBytes);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This function causes an immediate "flush" of the transmit stream specified by the streamHandle parameter.
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ namespace Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm
         /// <returns>This function normally returns a value of true. However, if a break in the integrity of the reliable received stream 
         /// occurs(or the stream has been ended by the sender), a value of false is returned to indicate the break. </returns>
         [DllImport(NORM_LIBRARY)]
-        public static extern bool NormStreamRead(long streamHandle, nint buffer, ref int numBytes);
+        public unsafe static extern bool NormStreamRead(long streamHandle, byte* buffer, ref int numBytes);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This function advances the read offset of the receive stream referenced by the streamHandle parameter to align
diff --git a/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormStream.cs b/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormStream.cs
index c6b39d1..a0eb365 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormStream.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/src/Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm/NormStream.cs
@@ -59,16 +59,12 @@ namespace Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm
             }
 
             int numBytes;
-            var bufferHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(buffer, GCHandleType.Pinned);
-
-            try
+            unsafe
             {
-                var bufferPtr = bufferHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject() + offset;
-                numBytes = NormStreamWrite(_handle, bufferPtr, length);
-            } 
-            finally
-            {
-                bufferHandle.Free();
+                fixed (byte* bufferPtr = buffer)
+                {
+                    numBytes = NormStreamWrite(_handle, bufferPtr + offset, length);
+                }
             }
 
             return numBytes;
@@ -158,20 +154,16 @@ namespace Mil.Navy.Nrl.Norm
                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(length), "The length is out of range");
             }
 
-            var bufferHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(buffer, GCHandleType.Pinned);
-
-            try
+            unsafe
             {
-                var bufferPtr = bufferHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject() + offset;
-                if (!NormStreamRead(_handle, bufferPtr, ref length))
+                fixed (byte* bufferPtr = buffer)
                 {
-                    length = -1;
+                    if (!NormStreamRead(_handle, bufferPtr + offset, ref length))
+                    {
+                        length = -1;
+                    }
                 }
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                bufferHandle.Free();
-            }
 
             return length;
         }