Secure Password Hashing

Question

I need to store a hash of a single password in a .Net WinForms application.

What\'s the most secure way to do this?

In particular:

• Salt, HMAC,

Answer 1

I think you should stick with open standards. Among the current hash schemes, the "{ssha}" used by OpenLDAP is very secure and widely used. You can find the description here,

http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/347.html

Most LDAP libraries implement this scheme.