Extension for get the MD5 value from a stream

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The code computes the MD5 hash of the data in the stream and returns that value as a string.

Shortcut: ex_md5_from_stream

public static string GetMD5(this System.IO.Stream stream)
{
  stream.Position = 0;
  var arrayByteHashValue = new System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider().ComputeHash(stream);
  return BitConverter.ToString(arrayByteHashValue).Replace("-", String.Empty).ToLower();
}