How to create an app which uses HMAC SHA1

Question

Hi

I am a VB6 programmer and new to .NET.

Is it possible for me to create an app that will use HMAC SHA1 encryption process to encrypt a file and result in a HASH code?

Are there any examples for this?

TIA

Answer 1

This is the .NET class you'll need:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.hmacsha1(v=vs.100).aspx

Here is an example:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7515164/visual-basic-2010-hmac-sha1

Look at the last post (solution).

Answer 2

Thanks very much.

All sorted.