title: Use PasswordHasher without implementing Asp.Net Identity framework
body: <p>Working on a simple claims based identity and authentication system for web api that doesn't rely on the entire Asp.Net Identity framework.  Is there a way to use <code>PasswordHasher.HashPassword</code> and <code>PasswordHasher.VerifyPassword</code> as helper methods for hashing and verifying passwords?  If not, is there anything in the .NET Framework that provides this functionality so that one (who is not an expert security programmer) doesn't need to write algorithms for password hashing and parsing?</p>