1        /// <summary>
2        /// Creates a SHA512 Hash Value of a given string.
3        /// </summary>
4        /// <param name="plainText">the string value to perform the hash against</param>
5        /// <returns>the hash string value</returns>
6        public static string GetHash(string plainText)
7        {
8            SHA512Managed hasher = new SHA512Managed();
9            return BitConverter.ToString(hasher.ComputeHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(plainText)));
10        }