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+//  Copyright (C) 2017, The Duplicati Team
+//  http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
+//
+//  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+//  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+//  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+//  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+//  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+//  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+//  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+
+namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// This class helps picking the fastest hash algorithm implementation,
+    /// which is what <seealso cref="System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm.Create()"/> should do, but does not.
+	/// </summary>
+	public static class HashAlgorithmHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create the hash algorithm with the specified name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The hash algorithm.</returns>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the algorithm to create.</param>
+        public static HashAlgorithm Create(string name)
+        {
+            return FasterHashing.FasterHash.Create(name);
+        }
+    }
+}