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Hash Password in C#? Bcrypt/PBKDF2

Asked 2012-07-10T12:01:24.547
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I looked up msdn and other resources on how to do this but i came up with no clear solutions. This is the best i found http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnfa/archive/2004/04/14/generating-a-key-from-a-password.aspx?Redirected=true

I would like to hash passwords in C# using either bcrypt or PBKDF2 (which appears to be bcrypt related). I like to experiment with how many rounds it takes for my computer to hash a password. However everything seems to be about encrypting while everyone talks about hashing. I can't figure it out. How do i hash a password? It looks more like PBKDF2 (Rfc2898?) is a random number generator and i use GetBytes(amount) to choose how big my hash size is.

I'm confused. How exactly do i hash a password with bcrypt/PBKDF?

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For PBKDF2, you might be able to use System.Security.Cryptography.Rfc2898DeriveBytes.

See MSDN here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.rfc2898derivebytes.aspx

answered 2012-07-10T12:23:23.573

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