public string ComputeHash(string plainText, byte[] saltBytes)
    {
        // If salt is not specified, generate it on the fly.
        if (saltBytes == null)
        {
            // Define min and max salt sizes.
            int minSaltSize = 4;
            int maxSaltSize = 8;

            // Generate a random number for the size of the salt.
            Random random = new Random();
            int saltSize = random.Next(minSaltSize, maxSaltSize);

            // Allocate a byte array, which will hold the salt.
            saltBytes = new byte[saltSize];

            // Initialize a random number generator.
            RNGCryptoServiceProvider rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();

            // Fill the salt with cryptographically strong byte values.
            rng.GetNonZeroBytes(saltBytes);
        }

        // Convert plain text into a byte array.
        byte[] plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);

        // Allocate array, which will hold plain text and salt.
        byte[] plainTextWithSaltBytes =
                new byte[plainTextBytes.Length + saltBytes.Length];

        // Copy plain text bytes into resulting array.
        for (int i = 0; i < plainTextBytes.Length; i++)
            plainTextWithSaltBytes[i] = plainTextBytes[i];

        // Append salt bytes to the resulting array.
        for (int i = 0; i < saltBytes.Length; i++)
            plainTextWithSaltBytes[plainTextBytes.Length + i] = saltBytes[i];

        //object of md5 algo
        MD5 md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();

        // Compute hash value of our plain text with appended salt.
        byte[] hashBytes = md5.ComputeHash(plainTextWithSaltBytes);

        // Create array which will hold hash and original salt bytes.
        byte[] hashWithSaltBytes = new byte[hashBytes.Length +
                                            saltBytes.Length];

        // Copy hash bytes into resulting array.
        for (int i = 0; i < hashBytes.Length; i++)
            hashWithSaltBytes[i] = hashBytes[i];

        // Append salt bytes to the result.
        for (int i = 0; i < saltBytes.Length; i++)
            hashWithSaltBytes[hashBytes.Length + i] = saltBytes[i];

        // Convert result into a base64-encoded string.
        string hashValue = Convert.ToBase64String(hashWithSaltBytes);

        // Return the result.
        return hashValue;

    }