C#: String -> MD5 -> Hex

Question

in languages like PHP or Python there are convenient functions to turn an input string into an output string that is the HEXed representation of it.

I find it a very common and useful task (password storing and checking, checksum of file content..), but in .NET, as far as I know, you can only work on byte streams.

A function to do the work is easy to put on (eg http://blog.stevex.net/index.php/c-code-snippet-creating-an-md5-hash-string/), but I'd like to know if I'm missing something, using the wrong pattern or there is simply no such thing in .NET.

Thanks

Answer 1

The method you linked to seems right, a slightly different method is showed on the MSDN C# FAQ

A comment suggests you can use:

System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(string, "MD5");