Generate guid from custom string

GuidSHA1Helper.cs

	
// Found this snippet to be useful when using unique identifier in a database for federated distribution

public static Guid ToGuid(string src)
{
    byte[] stringbytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(src);
    byte[] hashedBytes = new System.Security.Cryptography
        .SHA1CryptoServiceProvider()
        .ComputeHash(stringbytes);
    Array.Resize(ref hashedBytes, 16);
    return new Guid(hashedBytes);
}