(VB.NET) Hash Algorithms: SHA-1, HAVAL, MD2, MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512

How to create hashes (message digests) for strings.

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' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim crypt As New Chilkat.Crypt2

Dim s As String = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha1"
crypt.EncodingMode = "hex"

' Other possible EncodingMode settings are: 
' "quoted-printable", "base64","url", and many more..

Dim hash As String = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("SHA1: " & hash)

' Hash using MD2
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "md2"
hash = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("MD2: " & hash)

' Hash using MD5
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "md5"
hash = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("MD5: " & hash)

' Note: SHA-2 is a set of cryptographic hash functions (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512)

' Hash using SHA-256
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"
hash = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("SHA256: " & hash)

' Hash using SHA-384
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha384"
hash = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("SHA384: " & hash)

' Hash using SHA-512
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha512"
hash = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("SHA512: " & hash)

' Hash using HAVAL
' There are two additional properties relevant to HAVAL:
' HavalRounds, and KeyLength.
' HavalRounds can have values of 3, 4, or 5.
' KeyLength can have values of 128, 160, 192, 224, or 256
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "haval"
crypt.HavalRounds = 5
crypt.KeyLength = 256
hash = crypt.HashStringENC(s)
Debug.WriteLine("Haval: " & hash)

' Hashes for "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

' SHA1:
' 2FD4E1C67A2D28FCED849EE1BB76E7391B93EB12

' MD2:
' 03D85A0D629D2C442E987525319FC471

' MD5:
' 9E107D9D372BB6826BD81D3542A419D6

' SHA256:
' D7A8FBB307D7809469CA9ABCB0082E4F8D5651E46D3CDB762D02D0BF37C9E592

' SHA384:
' CA737F1014A48F4C0B6DD43CB177B0AFD9E5169367544C494011E3317DBF9A509CB1E5DC1E85A941BBEE3D7F2AFBC9B1

' SHA512:
' 07E547D9586F6A73F73FBAC0435ED76951218FB7D0C8D788A309D785436BBB642E93A252A954F23912547D1E8A3B5ED6E1BFD7097821233FA0538F3DB854FEE6

' Haval:
' B89C551CDFE2E06DBD4CEA2BE1BC7D557416C58EBB4D07CBC94E49F710C55BE