Hashing algorithms in .Net Framework

Hashing algorithms are one way cryptographic functions that accept plain text of any length and generate a numeric value. These are one-way because it’s almost impossible to get the original plain text from the hash code. Hashing algorithms are useful for encrypt the password.

Use the same hashing algorithm to a specific text always generates the same hash code. This makes hash codes useful for check if two blocks of plain text are the same.
Generating hash codes in the .NET Framework is possbile.

The abstract class "HashAlgorithm" provides a base from which all hashing algorithm implementations.
The .NET Framework has the seven hashing algorithm implementations.
This class is in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.

Here is list of Algorithms. 

Algorithm Name	Class Name	Hash Code Size (in Bits)
MD5	MD5CryptoServiceProvider	128
RIPEMD160 or RIPEMD-160	RIPEMD160Managed	160
SHA or SHA1	SHA1CryptoServiceProvider	160
SHA1Managed	SHA1Managed	160
SHA256 or SHA-256	SHA256Managed	256
SHA384 or SHA-384	SHA384Managed	384
SHA512 or SHA-512	SHA512Managed	512

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