SHA512 within Silverlight is not available, is there a managed library available?

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SHA512Managed is missing in Silverlight, only upto SHA256 is available for use. Does anyone know a .NET class that I could use that offers a self-contained C# or VB.net SHA512 implementation?

I need to use this for authentication to a HTTP web service.

Thank you

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