Is MD5 supported on Windows Phone 7?

Question

I'm porting some compact framework code that consumes a RESTful service to Windows Phone 7. The REST service requires md5 hashing and method signatures.

This code (which worked on NETCF) no longer compiles and I don't see anything MD5 related in the object browser.

MD5CryptoServiceProvider md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
buffer = md5.ComputeHash(buffer);

Is md5 not supported on WP7?

Answer 1

A quick googling reveals that some cryptography classes are not supported in any Silverlight versions. One of these is MD5CryptoServiceProvider.

You can use this MD5 implementation for Silverlight on Windows Phone 7.

Answer 2

AES is supported on Phone 7. If you need MD5, you need to look elsewhere.