SHA1 Hashing in asp.net...

Darragh29

Hi all,

I'm using the following lines of code to convert a string called newstring into an SHA1 string called password and display it back to the screen:

string hashMethod = "";

hashMethod = "SHA1";


string password = FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(newstring, hashMethod);
Response.Write(password);
Label2.Text = password.ToString();


It does exactly what it says on the tin, the only thing is that the hashed result I get is all in uppercase, but when I put the same contents of the newstring variable through several 3rd party websites that offer free SHA1 hashing through their website, I get the same string back, but it is all in lowercase. The only reason I want to keep the results in lowercase is because I have to concatenate another lowercase string onto the hashed
result I get through the above (which should be in lowercase), and hash it using SHA1 again, so I'm reckoning if one part of the string is not all in lowercase, I could end up with any result...

I'm wondering is there anyway I can stick in a bit of code to what I have above, to make the value of password all lowercase or to convert it to lowercase without too much of a fuss???

Darragh29

I have it sorted, I use:

Label2.Text = password.ToLower();

Instead of

Label2.Text = password.ToString();

Thanks anyone for reading...