// Hashes passwords before passing information along to the Data Access Layer
public static UserClass QueryDatabaseForUser(String strUserName, String strPassword)
{
// convert string to stream
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strPassword);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);
var sha1 = new SHA1CryptoServiceProvider();
var sha1data = sha1.ComputeHash(stream);
strPassword = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(sha1data);
return(DataAccessClass.QueryDatabaseForUser(strUserName, strPassword));
}
// Hashes passwords before passing information along to the Data Access Layer
public static Boolean registerNewUser(String strFirstName,
String strLastName,
String strUserName,
String strPassword,
String chrUserType)
{
// convert string to stream
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strPassword);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);
var sha1 = new SHA1CryptoServiceProvider();
var sha1data = sha1.ComputeHash(stream);
strPassword = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(sha1data);
return(DataAccessClass.registerNewUser(strFirstName,
strLastName,
strUserName,
strPassword,
chrUserType));
}