Compare string with ASP.net Membership Answer in the form of Hashing and saltvalue

Question

I need to compare the answer in with the aspnet_membership tables PasswordAnswer value.

The text in Password answer is in the form of Hashed. What algorithm they have used how they implemented the Salt value in ASP.net Membership Provider.

I have tried hashing (sh1) and compared with text what is salt value

How to hash my answer value.

string answer = "one"; string hashedvalue = "dfdsfsdfdsfdsfdfdf";

I need to compare this both.

I have converted the answer to hashed format. But both are different> I think due to salt value. How can I utilize this.

Answer 1

You should be using the Membership class' ValidateUser method to do this.