ValidateUser

What it does

Checks whether a user name and a password match the values in the database.

Definition

bool ValidateUser( string userName, string passwordHash );

Parameters

Name Type Description
userName string User name
passwordHash string Password hash

Sample code for calculating the password hash:

public static string GetPasswordHashWithSalt( string login, string password )
       {
           string salt = GetPasswordSha256Hash(login.ToUpper());
           return GetPasswordSha256Hash(password + salt);
       }
       private static string GetPasswordSha256Hash( string password )
       {
           Encoding enc = Encoding.GetEncoding("UTF-16");
           byte[] buffer = enc.GetBytes(password);
           var cryptoTransformSHA256 = new SHA256CryptoServiceProvider();
           string hash = BitConverter.ToString(cryptoTransformSHA256.ComputeHash(buffer)).Replace("-", "");
           return hash;
       }

Returned value

Type Description
bool
  • "true" if values match
  • otherwise "false" is returned

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