/// <summary>
/// Calculates a user-authentication key using the specified token and password
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authToken">The token to calculate the authentication key</param>
/// <param name="password">The password for calculating the authentication key</param>
/// <returns>Returns a user authentication key based on the specified token and password</returns>
protected static string calculateUserAuthKey(string authToken, SecureString password)
{
//get the salt as bytes from the token
byte[] salt = authToken.GetBytesBase64();
//check if salt ans password have valid values
if (salt == null || password.IsNullOrEmpty())
{
return "";
}
//calculate key
else
{
return getSaltedHashString(password.Unwrap(), salt);
}
}