SHA512 Class
Computes the SHA512 hash for the input data.
For a list of all members of this type, see SHA512 Members.
System.Object
System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm
System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512
System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512Managed
[Visual Basic] MustInherit Public Class SHA512 Inherits HashAlgorithm [C#] public abstract class SHA512 : HashAlgorithm [C++] public __gc __abstract class SHA512 : public HashAlgorithm [JScript] public abstract class SHA512 extends HashAlgorithm
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
The hash is used as a unique value of fixed size representing a large amount of data. Hashes of two sets of data should match if and only if the corresponding data also matches. Small changes to the data result in large unpredictable changes in the hash.
The hash size for the SHA512 algorithm is 512 bits.
This is an abstract class. The only implementation of this class is SHA512Managed.
Example
[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example computes the SHA512 hash for data and stores it in result. This example assumes that there is a predefined constant DATA_SIZE.
[Visual Basic] Dim data(DATA_SIZE) As Byte Dim result() As Byte Dim shaM As New SHA512Managed() result = shaM.ComputeHash(data) [C#] byte[] data = new byte[DATA_SIZE]; byte[] result; SHA512 shaM = new SHA512Managed(); result = shaM.ComputeHash(data); [C++] Byte data[] = new Byte[DATA_SIZE]; Byte result[]; SHA512* shaM = new SHA512Managed(); result = shaM->ComputeHash(data);
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Requirements
Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)
See Also
SHA512 Members | System.Security.Cryptography Namespace | Cryptographic Services