#NAME:                Get-SHA1HashFromString.ps1
#
#DESCRIPTION:         Return a SHA1 Hash from a String. 
#
#USER PARAMETERS:     $string as String
#
#REVISIONS
#
#DATE         DEVELOPER       DESCRIPTION OF REVISION             VERSION
#=========    =============== =================================   ===========
#06192008     Ivo Looser	  Initial release					 1.00

param(
	[string]	$string 		= {throw("Please define a String.")}
	)

	$encoding = new-object System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
	$byteArrayOne = ([byte[]]$encoding.GetBytes($string))

	$engine = new-object System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1CryptoServiceProvider
	$byteArrayTwo = [byte[]]$engine.ComputeHash([byte[]]$byteArrayOne)
	

return  $([System.Convert]::ToBase64String($byteArrayTwo))