SecurityHelper.GetPBKDF2Hash Method

Returns PBKDF2 hash for password. Rfc2898DeriveBytes implements PBKDF2 with HMACSHA1 (hard coded in the class).

Namespace: CMS.Helpers
Assembly: CMS.Helpers (in CMS.Helpers.dll) Version: 11.0.0

Syntax

public static string GetPBKDF2Hash(
	string password
)

Parameters

password

Type: System.String
Password to be hashed.

Return Value

Type: String
Base64 encoded hash containing iteration count, salt and derived sub-key.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when password is null.

Remarks

Use this method for generating password hashes only. Because this method is by design CPU consuming it generally is not suitable for hashing arbitrary input data. The performance/security relation can be adjusted by modifying the Pbkdf2IterationsCount property.