SHA256

[Sam]

Hi,
Where can I find a short and simple example of how to use SHA256
encryption algorithm in vb.net ? I've heard it is possible, but SHA256
doesn't give much result in MSDN...

Thx

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Sam,

For this kind of encryption is my starting search argument forever on MSDN
"Rijndael".

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...temsecuritycryptographyrijndaelclasstopic.asp

(That is the area where I live at the moment).

I hope this helps

Cor

 

[Sam]

Cor,
Never heard of this place.. ))
I was actually going to use SHA512, as I got it working. I found it
pretty straightforward to use it in fact. But maybe you have arguments
strong enough to convince me using this Rijndael algorithm(how the hell
do you pronounce this???) In which way is it better than SHA512 ? The
purpose of my encryption is for Password encryption.

Regards

 

[Sam]

Actually after reading a bit more about it, it's not what i want as
Rijndael encrypted password can be decrypted as well using a key. I
don't want to be able to read that password again, and once encrypted
it should remain encrypted.
I'll stick with SHA512

Thx

 

[_AnonCoward]

:
: Hi,
:
: Where can I find a short and simple example of how to use
: SHA256 encryption algorithm in vb.net ? I've heard it is
: possible, but SHA256 doesn't give much result in MSDN...
:
: Thx


I was experimenting with something similar once. I wanted a one-way
encrypted string to store the password in a database. Here is the
function I came up with:


--------------------------------------------
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Text

Protected Shared Function SHA256_Encrypt(Txt As String) As String

Dim sha As New SHA256Managed()
Dim ae As New ASCIIEncoding()
Dim Hash() As Byte = sha.ComputeHash(ae.GetBytes(Txt))
Dim sb As New StringBuilder(Hash.Length * 2)
Dim ndx As Integer

For ndx = 0 To Hash.Length - 1
sb.Append(Right("0" & Hex(Hash(ndx)), 2))
Next
Return sb.ToString

End Function

 

[Ranny]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ystemsecuritycryptographysha256classtopic.asp

Hi,
Where can I find a short and simple example of how to use SHA256
encryption algorithm in vb.net ? I've heard it is possible, but SHA256
doesn't give much result in MSDN...

Thx

User submitted from AEWNET (http://www.aewnet.com/)

 

[Andrew D. Newbould]

Cor,
Never heard of this place.. ))
I was actually going to use SHA512, as I got it working. I found it
pretty straightforward to use it in fact. But maybe you have arguments
strong enough to convince me using this Rijndael algorithm(how the hell
do you pronounce this???) In which way is it better than SHA512 ? The
purpose of my encryption is for Password encryption.

Rain Dial (or something close).

It is now more commonly know as AES and replaces the DES and Triple DES
algorithms. It is also the new standard by the NSA (so if its strong
enough for the US Government, it should be strong enough for most -
providing you keep your key safe).

 

[stand__sure]

it's not encrypted then -- it's hashed and you should know that it is
(theoretically) possible to have a collision (i.e. something else
generates the same value) -- the odds are low with SHA512, however

 

[Liberty]

Actually after reading a bit more about it, it's not what i want as
Rijndael encrypted password can be decrypted as well using a key. I
don't want to be able to read that password again, and once encrypted
it should remain encrypted.
I'll stick with SHA512

Thx

Some confusion here, SHA512 is not encryption but its a hashing algorithm
Blow fish AES DES and Triple DES is an encrytion technique.