I'm still unable to get the correct hash from the input string given to me... I did try the code CK posted and infact I do get the same result. I've spoken with a couple of senior level programmers I work with and they seem to confirm my thoughts of needing some key value. So this leaves me with two conflicting answers to my original question.
I haven't heard back from the client yet but he should be the one who will lead me in the correct direction. Worst case scenario is he has to give me the code that is used to create the hash (might not even be .NET now that I think of it...) and I would have to write my own version that creates the same output from a single given input. I have done some reading with differences between MD5 encryption among languages, PHP vs JAVA for example. They use different encoding attributes by default so there is some conversions to be done to make them equal. Not sure if the same or similiar problem is occuring here but I'll let you guys know what I find out. Again thanks to everyone for your suggestions. On Nov 25, 11:15 pm, "Charles A. Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Salting is a good technique to develop different hashes for the same > password. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM, rhaazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I appreciate all of your feedback. > > > I figured out the problem was that my client was "salting" his md5 > > method with base64 encoding. > > > Thanks for your time. > > > On Nov 24, 12:30 pm, CK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > C, anything else would break the bounds of reality! I just wanted > > > people to see it for themselves :) > > > > On 24 Nov, 16:17, Cerebrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Suspected the former from the start... so much so that I didn't bother > > > > to try it out on my computer. (Sorry, CK !) ;-) > > > > > On Nov 24, 1:57 pm, CK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > well, as i thought, MD5 seems to be platform independent. > > > > > > rhaazy, either you don't have the correct password, or you / client > > > > > aren't doing the MD5 properly.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > Charles A. Lopez > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science > New York University > > Registered Microsoft Partner > > New York City, NY- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
