HashingMethod property

Description

The HashingMethod property allows you to specify or find out which hashing algorithm the Xceed Hashing control will use to hash data. To specify the algorithm you must instantiate and assign a Hashing Method object to this property. If you read the contents of the property, you will obtain an instance of a Hashing Method object.

Experts have found one or more weaknesses in the Haval hashing algorithm; therefore, it is strongly recommended that a hashing algorithm other than Haval be used in high-security situations. For detailed information refer to the Cryptology ePrint Archive.

Data type

An Hashing Method object

Possible values

Value	Description
XceedSHAHashingMethod object	Use the SHA-2 hashing algorithm, which can produce either 160,256,384 or 512-bit hash values.
XceedHavalHashingMethod object	Use the Haval hashing algorithm, which can produce either 128,160,192,224 or 256-bit hash values.

Default value

An instance of the XceedSHAHashingMethod object

Remarks

This property cannot be set during the hashing process.

Applicable methods

Hash, ReadFile