Will the following function correctly hash my provided string? Or am I missing something fundamentally important?
Private Function HashString(ByVal value As String, ByVal salt As String) As String
Dim dataBytes As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value + salt)
Dim hash As New System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512Managed
Dim hashBytes As Byte() = hash.ComputeHash(dataBytes)
Return Convert.ToBase64String(hashBytes)
End Function