private static Provider provider = null;


    /**
     * 
     */
    private Crypto () {}


    /**
     * 
     * @return MD4 digest
     */
    public static MessageDigest getMD4 () {
        try {
            return MessageDigest.getInstance("MD4", getProvider());
        }
        catch ( NoSuchAlgorithmException e ) {
            throw new CIFSUnsupportedCryptoException(e);
        }
    }

     */
    public static byte[] getNTHash ( String password ) {
        if ( password == null ) {
            throw new NullPointerException("Password parameter is required");
        }
        MessageDigest md4 = Crypto.getMD4();
        md4.update(Strings.getUNIBytes(password));
        return md4.digest();
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param password
     * @return the calculated hash
     */