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+using System;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MarketData.Security
+{
+  public class Encryption
+  {
+    public static string HashPassword(string password)
+    {
+      using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
+      {
+        byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
+        byte[] hashBytes = sha256.ComputeHash(bytes);
+        return Convert.ToBase64String(hashBytes);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public static (string Salt, string Hash) HashPasswordWithSalt(string password)
+    {
+      using (RNGCryptoServiceProvider rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
+      {
+        byte[] salt = new byte[16];
+        rng.GetBytes(salt);
+        using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
+        {
+          byte[] passwordBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
+          byte[] saltedPassword = new byte[passwordBytes.Length + salt.Length];
+          Buffer.BlockCopy(passwordBytes, 0, saltedPassword, 0, passwordBytes.Length);
+          Buffer.BlockCopy(salt, 0, saltedPassword, passwordBytes.Length, salt.Length);
+          byte[] hashBytes = sha256.ComputeHash(saltedPassword);
+          return (Convert.ToBase64String(salt), Convert.ToBase64String(hashBytes));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    public static bool VerifyPassword(string inputPassword, string storedSalt, string storedHash)
+    {
+      byte[] salt = Convert.FromBase64String(storedSalt);
+      byte[] passwordBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputPassword);
+      byte[] saltedPassword = new byte[passwordBytes.Length + salt.Length];
+      Buffer.BlockCopy(passwordBytes, 0, saltedPassword, 0, passwordBytes.Length);
+      Buffer.BlockCopy(salt, 0, saltedPassword, passwordBytes.Length, salt.Length);
+      using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
+      {
+        byte[] hashBytes = sha256.ComputeHash(saltedPassword);
+        string inputHash = Convert.ToBase64String(hashBytes);
+        return inputHash == storedHash;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}