I'm migrating/converting/rebuilding a Windows Phone 7.1 app to a Windows 8 Store App.
One method I am using in de WP7 app is giving me trouble:
private byte[] GetSHA256Key(string data, string secretKey)
{
byte[] value = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
byte[] secretKeyBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secretKey);
HMACSHA256 hmacsha256 = new HMACSHA256(secretKeyBytes);
byte[] resultBytes = hmacsha256.ComputeHash(value);
return resultBytes;
}
Looking at the documentation for Windows Store Apps I came up with this new code which I hoped would give the same result. But, no. I'm doing something wrong. But what?
private byte[] GetSHA256Key(string value, string secretKey)
{
// Create a MacAlgorithmProvider object for the specified algorithm.
MacAlgorithmProvider objMacProv = MacAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(MacAlgorithmNames.HmacSha256);
// Create a buffer that contains the message to be signed.
IBuffer valueBuffer = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(value, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf8);
// Create a key to be signed with the message.
IBuffer buffKeyMaterial = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(secretKey, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf8);
CryptographicKey cryptographicKey = objMacProv.CreateKey(buffKeyMaterial);
// Sign the key and message together.
IBuffer bufferProtected = CryptographicEngine.Sign(cryptographicKey, valueBuffer);
DataReader dataReader = DataReader.FromBuffer(bufferProtected);
byte[] bytes = new byte[bufferProtected.Length];
dataReader.ReadBytes(bytes);
return bytes;
}
I'm not an expert on Cryptography. I'm not sure what I'm doing. Maybe there is somebody out there who can help me.
Thanx, JP