VB.net MD5 – Create MD5 and Verify MD5

Module Example

' Hash an input string and return the hash as
' a 32 character hexadecimal string.
Function getMd5Hash(ByVal input As String) As String
' Create a new instance of the MD5 object.
Dim md5Hasher As MD5 = MD5.Create()

' Convert the input string to a byte array and compute the hash.
Dim data As Byte() = md5Hasher.ComputeHash(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(input))

' Create a new Stringbuilder to collect the bytes
' and create a string.
Dim sBuilder As New StringBuilder()

' Loop through each byte of the hashed data
' and format each one as a hexadecimal string.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To data.Length - 1
sBuilder.Append(data(i).ToString("x2"))
Next i

' Return the hexadecimal string.
Return sBuilder.ToString()

End Function

' Verify a hash against a string.
Function verifyMd5Hash(ByVal input As String, ByVal hash As String) As Boolean
' Hash the input.
Dim hashOfInput As String = getMd5Hash(input)

' Create a StringComparer an compare the hashes.
Dim comparer As StringComparer = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase

If 0 = comparer.Compare(hashOfInput, hash) Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If