[MonoTouch] MD5.Create() appears to no longer work

[Geoff Norton]

Kevin,

   We have determined the linker is the cause of this, and the issue  
is being worked on.
You can use -nolink in the mean time.

Thanks

-g

On 3-Oct-09, at 7:27 PM, Kevin Daly wrote:

> I realise MD5 is not secure, but some services still use it so it's
> something we have to deal with.
> So I was wondering if anyone has any info that could throw light on  
> the
> following:
>
> This was previously working in the Beta version of MonoTouch:
>
> MD5 md5 = MD5.Create();
>
> byte[] buffer = md5.ComputeHash(new
> UTF8Encoding().GetBytes(login.Password.Text));
> (followed by a loop through a StringBuilder that we won't worry  
> about here)
>
> ...It  now produces a null reference exception.
> I've established that the md5 variable is the problem: after the
> MD5.Create() it's still null.
>
> As I said, this was working before.
>
> Oddly enough, I *did* (after I started writing this) find a workaround
> (although not ideal) while experimenting: "MD5 md5 = new
> MD5CryptopServiceProvider()" still works.
>
> So something appears to have happened to the MD5.Create method.
> Very strange - it doesn't look like something that would be by design.
>
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