C# helper class for salted password hashing.
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace PlexRequests.Helpers
{
public static class PasswordHasher
{
// 24 = 192 bits
private const int SaltByteSize = 24;
private const int HashByteSize = 24;
private const int HasingIterationsCount = 10101;
public static byte[] ComputeHash(string password, byte[] salt, int iterations = HasingIterationsCount, int hashByteSize = HashByteSize)
{
var hashGenerator = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, salt) { IterationCount = iterations };
return hashGenerator.GetBytes(hashByteSize);
}
public static byte[] GenerateSalt(int saltByteSize = SaltByteSize)
{
var saltGenerator = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
var salt = new byte[saltByteSize];
saltGenerator.GetBytes(salt);
return salt;
}
public static bool VerifyPassword(string password, byte[] passwordSalt, byte[] passwordHash)
{
var computedHash = ComputeHash(password, passwordSalt);
return AreHashesEqual(computedHash, passwordHash);
}
//Length constant verification - prevents timing attack
private static bool AreHashesEqual(IReadOnlyList<byte> firstHash, IReadOnlyList<byte> secondHash)
{
var minHashLength = firstHash.Count <= secondHash.Count ? firstHash.Count : secondHash.Count;
var xor = firstHash.Count ^ secondHash.Count;
for (var i = 0; i < minHashLength; i++)
xor |= firstHash[i] ^ secondHash[i];
return 0 == xor;
}
}
}