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using (var sha256 = new SHA256Managed()) 
{ 
   // Crypto code here... 
}

public static string GetHash(string text)
{
  using (var sha256 = SHA256.Create())
  {
   var hashedBytes = sha256.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
   return BitConverter.ToString(hashedBytes).Replace("-", "").ToLower();
  }
}

 "dependencies": {
  "System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms": "4.2.0"
},

using (var md5 = IncrementalHash.CreateHash(HashAlgorithmName.MD5))
{
  md5.AppendData(byteArray1, 0, byteArray1.Length);
  md5.AppendData(byteArray2, 0, byteArray2.Length); 
  var hash = md5.GetHashAndReset();
}

   private static readonly RNGCryptoServiceProvider Rand = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();

 var rand = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();

    public interface IRandomNumberProvider
    {
        int Next();
        int Next(int max);
        int Next(int min, int max);
    }

    public class RandomNumberProvider : IRandomNumberProvider
    {
        private readonly RandomNumberGenerator _rand = RandomNumberGenerator.Create();

        public int Next()
        {
            var randb = new byte[4];
            _rand.GetBytes(randb);
            var value = BitConverter.ToInt32(randb, 0);
            if (value < 0) value = -value;
            return value;
        }

        public int Next(int max)
        {
            var randb = new byte[4];
            _rand.GetBytes(randb);
            var value = BitConverter.ToInt32(randb, 0);
            value = value % (max + 1); // % calculates remainder
            if (value < 0) value = -value;
            return value;
        }

        public int Next(int min, int max)
        {
            var value = Next(max - min) + min;
            return value;
        }
    }

    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.TryAddSingleton<IRandomNumberProvider, RandomNumberProvider>();

    public interface IProtectionProvider
    {
        string Decrypt(string inputText);
        string Encrypt(string inputText);
    }

namespace Providers
{
    public class ProtectionProvider : IProtectionProvider
    {
        private readonly IDataProtector _dataProtector;

        public ProtectionProvider(IDataProtectionProvider dataProtectionProvider)
        {
            _dataProtector = dataProtectionProvider.CreateProtector(typeof(ProtectionProvider).FullName);
        }

        public string Decrypt(string inputText)
        {
                var inputBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(inputText);
                var bytes = _dataProtector.Unprotect(inputBytes);
                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
        }

        public string Encrypt(string inputText)
        {
            var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputText);
            var bytes = _dataProtector.Protect(inputBytes);
            return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
        }
    }
}

    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.TryAddSingleton<IProtectionProvider, ProtectionProvider>();

public string Decrypt(string inputText, string key, string salt)
{
    var inputBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(inputText);
    var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(key, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(salt));
 
    using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        var alg = Aes.Create();
 
        alg.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
        alg.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
 
        using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, alg.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
        {
            cs.Write(inputBytes, 0, inputBytes.Length);
        }
        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray());
    }
}
 
public string Encrypt(string inputText, string key, string salt)
{
 
    var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputText);
    var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(key, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(salt));
    using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        var alg = Aes.Create();
 
        alg.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
        alg.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
 
        using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, alg.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
        {
            cs.Write(inputBytes, 0, inputBytes.Length);
        }
        return Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
    }
}

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