FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

Important

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Caution

The recommended alternative is to use the Membership APIs, such as Membership.CreateUser. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=252463.

Produces a hash password suitable for storing in a configuration file based on the specified password and hash algorithm.

public:
 static System::String ^ HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(System::String ^ password, System::String ^ passwordFormat);

public static string HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile (string password, string passwordFormat);

[System.Obsolete("The recommended alternative is to use the Membership APIs, such as Membership.CreateUser. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=252463.")]
public static string HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile (string password, string passwordFormat);

static member HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile : string * string -> string

[<System.Obsolete("The recommended alternative is to use the Membership APIs, such as Membership.CreateUser. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=252463.")>]
static member HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile : string * string -> string

Public Shared Function HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile (password As String, passwordFormat As String) As String

Parameters

password: String

The password to hash.

passwordFormat: String

The hash algorithm to use. passwordFormat is a String that represents one of the FormsAuthPasswordFormat enumeration values.

Returns

String

The hashed password.

Attributes: ObsoleteAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

password is null

-or-

passwordFormat is null.

ArgumentException

passwordFormat is not a valid FormsAuthPasswordFormat value.

Remarks

This method is obsolete. Alternatively, you can use ASP.NET membership to store user credentials. For more information, see Managing Users by Using Membership.

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