Parichay (A Simple & Small Asp.Net MVC Social Network Starter)

using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

namespace Parichay.Data.Util
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper class to generate a machine key for use in the application's config file to override the default key used by the provider.
    /// </summary>
    internal static class KeyCreator
    {
        #region Main for Testing
        //public static void main(string[] args)
        //{
        //    string decryptionKey = CreateKey(Convert.ToInt32(args[1]));
        //    string validationKey = CreateKey(Convert.ToInt32(args[2]));
        //    Console.WriteLine("<machinekey validationkey=\"{0}\" decryptionkey=\"{1}\" validation=\"sha1\"/>", validationKey, decryptionKey);
        //}
        #endregion Main for Testing

        #region Operations
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a key based on the indicated size.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="numBytes">size of the key.</param>
        /// <returns>Generated key of the specified length.</returns>
        public static string CreateKey(int numBytes)
        {
            RNGCryptoServiceProvider rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
            byte[] buff = new byte[numBytes];
            rng.GetBytes(buff);
            return BytesToHexString(buff);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the given byte array to a hex string representation.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bytes">the data to convert.</param>
        /// <returns>Hexadecimal string representation of the given byte array./</returns>
        public static string BytesToHexString(byte[] bytes)
        {
            StringBuilder hexString = new StringBuilder(64);
            for (int counter = 0; counter < bytes.Length; counter++)
            {
                hexString.Append(string.Format("{0:X2}", bytes[counter]));
            }
            return hexString.ToString();
        }
        #endregion Operations
    }
}