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md5

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 2:37 am
by Mr. Tech
Is there away to reverse the function:

md5($password);

Lets say $password was Ben. If I wanted to retreive that password if I lose it, can I change it back to Ben so i can see it?

Thanks.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 2:42 am
by []InTeR[]
md5 -- Calculate the md5 hash of a string.

I don't think so.

RFC1321 is the The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 11:05 am
by JPlush76
nope, hash cann't be reversed.. encryption can.

md5 can only be compared against another md5 string to see if they match.