So basically MD5 is useless if you can't decrypt the value! That sucks. Kind regards,
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:57 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Decrypting MD5 > I want to know if I can decrypt passwords stored as MD5 in a SQL > Server database using the Decrypt function? There are online tools out there > that decrypt MD5 so I'm hoping that I can do this in CF. There are no tools that actually decrypt MD5 hashes, to the best of my knowledge. MD5 is a hashing algorithm, not an encryption algorithm. It lets you take a plaintext value and generates a hashed value, which cannot be decrypted. These online tools don't decrypt MD5 hashes. Instead, they have large databases of plaintext values and their corresponding MD5 hashes. When you hash a value, you should always get the same hash, so these tools compare the hash you provide against their database of existing hash values, and then lookup the corresponding plaintext value. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor- authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:360236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
