(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Well I have been working on a project for work and I realized that I had to use some sort of encryption for passwords when an administrator creates an account. So I turned to MD5 since it was really the first thing that popped into my head.

Funny thing is it's so simple to do and in this topic I'll cover encrypting and authenticating.

So you need to make an import statement for cryptography:

    Imports System.Security.Cryptography

Next we need to Dimension some variables:

    



Dim md5Hasher As New MD5CryptoServiceProvider()



Dim hashedPassword As Byte()



Dim encoder As New UTF8Encoding()

This next chunk will actually salt the password. Now I used a static string for salting, normally you would using something like a login or even their ID

    hashedBytes = md5Hasher.ComputeHash(encoder.GetBytes(txt_password.Text & "idk"))

And that's all there is to encrypting a password. Now to authenticate it you basically run through the encryption again and do a string comparison. If they are the same you can continue on, if not go back and start over. This was mainly done for a web app I am doing and alot of it I can't exactly post.

The fact he didn't do that really merits a groan?

I usually don't go the extra mile because of children like:



Be one thing if he actually made a comment in the thread but I guess he just is butt hurt over everything

Actually it's not even that, if you plan on doing that dont be a pussy and actually state why. Otherwise you just look like some kid going around downing threads for no reason. Like it or not but unless you are working in the field, VB.net and C# are bigger then you would think. Simply because of it being simplistic and having the ability to roll out applications faster then it would be to have someone actually build everything. But dont groan on a thread simply because you dont like the language. Like it or not it's used and any site you see with the .aspx extension , either using VB or C#

Uh everything that you are able to do in C# is seriously exactly the same in vb (granted the way it's written is a little different, like if's and switches) (aside from the whole XNA thing), it's all on the framework and neither one handles anything any better. I've been doing php and asp.net for a few years now as well as Point of sales software and RFID readers, all done in either language, and like I said. None handle either task any better then the other.