Create Managed SHA512 Hash
CodeKeep C# Feed Gennaio 1st, 2008
Description: Creates a Managed SHA512 Hash ValueLink: http://www.codekeep.net/snippets/fc32a2b8-9a0d-4595-a656-1a3e380efaac.aspx
/// <summary>
/// Creates a SHA512 Hash Value of a given string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="plainText">the string value to perform the hash against</param>
/// <returns>the hash string value</returns>
public static string GetHash(string plainText)
{
SHA512Managed hasher = new SHA512Managed();
return BitConverter.ToString(hasher.ComputeHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(plainText)));
}