Compare versions of application
It is common for you to want to check whether your application is the latest version of the application. It is possible to compare the version of your application against a version number that you have as a string
You can achieve this by doing something like;
Dim curVer As Version = My.Application.Info.Version
Dim availVer As Version = New Ver...
Retrieving your forgotten wireless password
I recently set up a wireless network in my new flat with a super duper awesomely strong password, set up my laptop to connect to the wireless and then promptly forgot to actually write down what the wireless password was.
Thankfully some genius had already experienced this problem and had created an application to retrieve wireless passwords fr...
Check whether a port is open on a remote machine
Sometimes you would like to know whether a port is open on a remote machine. Now while this is no nmap, the following code should give you an idea on how to check whether a port is open.
Private Function isRemotePortOpen(ByVal hostName As String, ByVal port As Integer) As Boolean
Dim client As TcpClient = Nothing
Dim rtn as Boolean
...
Calculate SHA512 hash of string or file
This class implements the IHasher interface that you can find here.
'''
''' SHA512 hash class from Satal Keto's library
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''' Version 1.0.0.1
'''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Namespace Security.Hash
Public Class SHA512Hash
Implements IHasher
Public Function hashOfFile(ByVal ...
Calculate SHA384 hash of string or file
This class implements the IHasher interface that you can find here.
'''
''' SHA384 hash class from Satal Keto's library
''' https://samjenkins.com
''' Version 1.0.0.1
'''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Namespace Security.Hash
Public Class SHA384Hash
Implements IHasher
Public Function hashOfFile(ByVal ...
Calculate SHA256 hash of string or file
This class implements the IHasher interface that you can find here.
'''
''' SHA256 hash class from Satal Keto's library
''' https://samjenkins.com
''' Version 1.0.0.1
'''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Namespace Security.Hash
Public Class SHA256Hash
Implements IHasher
Public Function hashOfFile(ByVal ...
Calculate SHA1 hash of string or file
This class implements the IHasher interface that you can find here.
'''
''' SHA1 hash class from Satal Keto's library
''' https://samjenkins.com
''' Version 1.0.0.1
'''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Namespace Security.Hash
Public Class SHA1Hash
Implements IHasher
Public Function hashOfFile(ByVal file...
Calculate RIPEMD160 Hash of string or file
This class implements the IHasher interface that you can find here.
'''
''' RIPEMD160 hash class from Satal Keto's library
''' https://samjenkins.com
''' Version 1.0.0.1
'''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Namespace Security.Hash
Public Class RIPEMD160Hash
Implements IHasher
Public Function hashOfFile(...
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