How to reproduce System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1Managed result in Python

Question

Here\'s the deal: I\'m moving a .NET website to Python. I have a database with passwords hashed using the System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1Managed utility.

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Answer 1

When you use the string CreateHash(string, string) overload, the following occurs:

1. The string is converted to bytes using UTF16 (using Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes()).
2. A random 16-byte salt is generated.
3. The salt is appended to the converted string and hashed.
4. The salt is appended to the hash.
5. The hash+salt is converted back to a string using base64 (using Convert.ToBase64String()).