} // func EncodeWindowsPassword
public static SecureString DecodePassword(string passwordValue)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(passwordValue))
{
return(null);
}
if (passwordValue.Length > 5 && passwordValue[5] == ':')
{
var pwdType = passwordValue.Substring(0, 5);
switch (pwdType)
{
case "win0x":
return(DecodeWindowsPassword(Procs.ConvertToBytes(passwordValue, 6, passwordValue.Length - 6), true));
case "win64":
return(DecodeWindowsPassword(Convert.FromBase64String(passwordValue.Substring(6, passwordValue.Length - 6)), true));
case "usr0x":
return(DecodeWindowsPassword(Procs.ConvertToBytes(passwordValue, 6, passwordValue.Length - 6), false));
case "usr64":
return(DecodeWindowsPassword(Convert.FromBase64String(passwordValue.Substring(6, passwordValue.Length - 6)), false));
case "plain":
return(passwordValue.CreateSecureString(6, passwordValue.Length - 6));
default:
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("passwordType", pwdType, "Invalid password type.");
}
}
else
{
return(passwordValue.CreateSecureString());
}
} // func DecodePassword
} // func EncodePassword
#endregion
#region -- Password Hash ------------------------------------------------------
public static byte[] ParsePasswordHash(string passwordHash)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(passwordHash))
{
return(null);
}
if (passwordHash.StartsWith("0x", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
return(Procs.ConvertToBytes(passwordHash, 2, passwordHash.Length - 2));
}
else
{
return(Convert.FromBase64String(passwordHash));
}
} // func ParsePasswordHash