Encode a Password in C#

private string base64Encode(string sData)
{
try
{
byte[] encData_byte = new byte[sData.Length];

encData_byte = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sData);

string encodedData = Convert.ToBase64String(encData_byte);

return encodedData;

}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("Error in base64Encode" + ex.Message);
}
}