Encrypt a string Data

Pass the string data to this function and this function will return the encrypted string. To see the code to decrypt string data click here

public static string Encrypt(string toEncrypt)
{
byte[] keyArray;
byte[] toEncryptArray = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(toEncrypt);
string key = ")(*&";
MD5CryptoServiceProvider hashmd5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
keyArray = hashmd5.ComputeHash(UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key));
//Always release the resources and flush data of the Cryptographic service provide. Best Practice
hashmd5.Clear();
TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider tdes = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
//set the secret key for the tripleDES algorithm
tdes.Key = keyArray;
//mode of operation. there are other 4 modes. We choose ECB(Electronic code Book)
tdes.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
//padding mode(if any extra byte added)

tdes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;

ICryptoTransform cTransform = tdes.CreateEncryptor();
//transform the specified region of bytes array to resultArray
byte[] resultArray = cTransform.TransformFinalBlock(toEncryptArray, 0, toEncryptArray.Length);
//Release resources held by TripleDes Encryptor
tdes.Clear();
//Return the encrypted data into unreadable string format
return Convert.ToBase64String(resultArray, 0, resultArray.Length);
}