What is the most secure hashing algorithm in the .NET framework?

Question

The size of the generated hash and the speed of the algorithm are not important. I'm really only interested in it being the most secure option. I don't want to use any third party libraries either.

The version of the .NET framework I'm using if 3.5 if that makes any difference.

Answer 1

I would think SHA512 would be your best bet from the built-in hash algorithms. It's the largest hash form of a very secure algorithm.

Also, don't forget to use a salt to help protect the hash against dictionary attacks.