Crypto.VerifyHashedPassword(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Helpers

Assembly:: System.Web.Helpers.dll

Package:: Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages v3.2.6

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Determines whether the specified RFC 2898 hash and password are a cryptographic match.

public static bool VerifyHashedPassword (string hashedPassword, string password);

static member VerifyHashedPassword : string * string -> bool

Public Shared Function VerifyHashedPassword (hashedPassword As String, password As String) As Boolean

Parameters

hashedPassword: String

The previously-computed RFC 2898 hash value as a base-64-encoded string.

password: String

The plaintext password to cryptographically compare with hashedPassword.

Returns

Boolean

true if the hash value is a cryptographic match for the password; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

hashedPassword or password is null.

Applies to