hi
how shall i genertate a astring or value that should be encrypted and show
in url ie:some large
number like this..:9E2A13BC30EF95CC7798D698E62BECD9
pls give the code in VB.Net
On 11/21/08, CK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi rhaazy, haven't seen you for a while.
>
> This is in interesting problem, one that as a group we may be able to
> identify better.
>
> If everyone runs the following code and posts their results (with .Net
> version, OS and 32 / 64 bit), we might be able to track it down:
>
> String password = "passwordabc123987";
> System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 md5 = new
> System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
> Byte[] result = md5.ComputeHash
> (System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password));
> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
> for (int i = 0; i < result.Length; i++)
> {
> sb.Append(result[i].ToString("X2"));
> }
> Console.WriteLine("Encoded Hash: " + sb.ToString());
>
> My results (.Net 2.0, Windows server 2003 32-bit)
> 9E2A13BC30EF95CC7798D698E62BECD9
>
>
>
>
> On 20 Nov, 20:30, rhaazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Greetings.
> >
> > I have a client who has a web service that I need to authenticate
> > with.
> > He sent me credentials for testing, which I currently have hardcoded.
> > The password he sent me is the md5 encrypted string.
> > When I try to create the same string using what should be the original
> > password I get a different md5 hash.
> >
> > I had a coworker run the same code I am using against the same
> > original string and he gets a different hash as well.
> >
> > This leads me to believe that there is some kind of a key being used.
> >
> > I have done some research but have only found pieces of information.
> >
> > From what I have gathered each machine has a machine key which I need
> > to store in my config file.
> >
> > So I ask if someone could verify my thoughts, and also perhaps point
> > me in the correct direction so that I could report back to my client
> > (who is a developer) about what he needs to provide me for me to
> > correctly hash the password. (where might he be able to find this key
> > if it does indeed exist)
