Hash.CreateMD5(Byte[]) Method

Definition

Creates a Hash object that contains an MD5 hash value.

public:
 static System::Security::Policy::Hash ^ CreateMD5(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ md5);
public static System.Security.Policy.Hash CreateMD5 (byte[] md5);
static member CreateMD5 : byte[] -> System.Security.Policy.Hash
Public Shared Function CreateMD5 (md5 As Byte()) As Hash

Parameters

md5
Byte[]

A byte array that contains an MD5 hash value.

Returns

An object that contains the hash value provided by the md5 parameter.

Exceptions

The md5 parameter is null.

Remarks

The returned Hash object contains only the MD5 property.

Due to collision problems with MD5, Microsoft recommends a security model based on SHA256 or better.

Applies to