Crypto.GenerateSalt(Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Helpers

Assembly:: System.Web.Helpers.dll

Package:: Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages v3.2.6

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Generates a cryptographically strong sequence of random byte values.

public static string GenerateSalt (int byteLength = 16);

static member GenerateSalt : int -> string

Public Shared Function GenerateSalt (Optional byteLength As Integer = 16) As String

Parameters

byteLength: Int32

The number of cryptographically random bytes to generate.

Returns

String

The generated salt value as a base-64-encoded string.

Applies to