How can I SHA512 a string in C#?

Question

I am trying to write a function to take a string and sha512 it like so?

public string SHA512(string input)
{
     string hash;

     ~magic~

     return has         


        

Answer 1

Your code is correct, but you should dispose of the SHA512Managed instance:

using (SHA512 shaM = new SHA512Managed())
{
   hash = shaM.ComputeHash(data);
}

512 bits are 64 bytes.

To convert a string to a byte array, you need to specify an encoding. UTF8 is okay if you want to create a hash code:

var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("text");    
using (...

Answer 2

You might try these lines:

public static string GenSHA512(string s, bool l = false)
{
    string r = "";
    try
    {
        byte[] d = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s);
        using (SHA512 a = new SHA512Managed())
        {
            byte[] h = a.ComputeHash(d);
            r = BitConverter.ToString(h).Replace("-", "");
        }
        r = (l ? r.ToLowerInvariant() : r);
    }
    catch
    {

    }
    return r;
}

1. It is disposed at the end
2. It's safe
3. Supports lower case

Answer 3

UnicodeEncoding UE = new UnicodeEncoding();            
        byte[] message = UE.GetBytes(password);
        SHA512Managed hashString = new SHA512Managed();
        string hexNumber = "";
        byte[]  hashValue = hashString.ComputeHash(message);
        foreach (byte x in hashValue)
        {
            hexNumber += String.Format("{0:x2}", x);
        }
        string hashData = hexNumber;

Answer 4

Instead of WinCrypt-API using System.Security.Cryptography, you can also use BouncyCastle:

public static byte[] SHA512(string text)
{
    byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text);

    Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests.Sha512Digest digester = new Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests.Sha512Digest();
    byte[] retValue = new byte[digester.GetDigestSize()];
    digester.BlockUpdate(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
    digester.DoFinal(retValue, 0);
    return retValue;
}

If you need the HMAC-version (to add authentication to the hash)

public static byte[] HmacSha512(string text, string key)
{
    byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text);

    var hmac = new Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Macs.HMac(new Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests.Sha512Digest());
    hmac.Init(new Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters.KeyParameter(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key)));

    byte[] result = new byte[hmac.GetMacSize()];
    hmac.BlockUpdate(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
    hmac.DoFinal(result, 0);

    return result;
}