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using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace BlogEngine.Core
{
    /// 
    /// Utilities for the entire solution to use.
    /// 
    public static class Utils
    {
        /// 
        /// Encrypts a string using the SHA256 algorithm.
        /// 
        public static string HashPassword(string plainMessage)
        {
            byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainMessage);
            using (HashAlgorithm sha = new SHA256Managed())
            {
                byte[] encryptedBytes = sha.TransformFinalBlock(data, 0, data.Length);
                return Convert.ToBase64String(sha.Hash);
            }
        }
    }
}