Yes.

>Al,
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>Yes, I am using the .Net crypto functions. So if I create a MD5 hash of a password on my DEV pc and store it into a SQL table's field, the same hash value will be created on PROD1 and PROD2 pc's.
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>Thanks for the info.
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>Jerry
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>>>If I hash a password on PC1 and store it to a table and then hash the same password on PC2, should the hash values be equal?
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>>In general, yes - assuming you're using the same hash function from the same crypto provider.
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>>A while back someone reported getting different results with hashes and/or encryption between the native Windows crypto providers for Windows 98 vs. Windows 2000/XP etc.
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>>If you're using .Net crypto functions this should not be an issue. Even if one machine has 1.1 and another 2.0, I imagine MS goes to great lengths to keep crypto functions the same.