Comments on snippet: 'Encryption of string' Snipplr comments feed https://ipv6.snipplr.com/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:10:28 +0000 AndrewVos said on 16/Apr/2008 https://ipv6.snipplr.com/view/5037/encryption-of-string <p><p>This is hashing not encryption. There's no way to get the string back.</p> <p>You could use: System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(password,"md5") if you just want to hash a password.</p></p> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:07:35 UTC https://ipv6.snipplr.com/view/5037/encryption-of-string