using System.Security.Cryptography;
public class PasswordHash
public const int SALT_BYTE_SIZE = 24;
public const int HASH_BYTE_SIZE = 24;
public const int PBKDF2_ITERATIONS = 1000;
public const int ITERATION_INDEX = 0;
public const int SALT_INDEX = 1;
public const int PBKDF2_INDEX = 2;
public static string CreateHash(string password)
RNGCryptoServiceProvider csprng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
byte[] salt = new byte[SALT_BYTE_SIZE];
byte[] hash = PBKDF2(password, salt, PBKDF2_ITERATIONS, HASH_BYTE_SIZE);
return PBKDF2_ITERATIONS + ":" +
Convert.ToBase64String(salt) + ":" +
Convert.ToBase64String(hash);
public static bool ValidatePassword(string password, string correctHash)
char[] delimiter = { ':' };
string[] split = correctHash.Split(delimiter);
int iterations = Int32.Parse(split[ITERATION_INDEX]);
byte[] salt = Convert.FromBase64String(split[SALT_INDEX]);
byte[] hash = Convert.FromBase64String(split[PBKDF2_INDEX]);
byte[] testHash = PBKDF2(password, salt, iterations, hash.Length);
return SlowEquals(hash, testHash);
private static bool SlowEquals(byte[] a, byte[] b)
uint diff = (uint)a.Length ^ (uint)b.Length;
for (int i = 0; i < a.Length && i < b.Length; i++)
diff |= (uint)(a[i] ^ b[i]);
private static byte[] PBKDF2(string password, byte[] salt, int iterations, int outputBytes)
Rfc2898DeriveBytes pbkdf2 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, salt);
pbkdf2.IterationCount = iterations;
return pbkdf2.GetBytes(outputBytes);