On Sat, August 18, 2007 20:17, Mike Aubury wrote: > But you can use it for passwords (ask Unix)... > > You can't decode what the original password was, but you can encode the > password they typed in and check the two hashes match - if they do - the > chances are that the original passwords match (the odds against are huge!)
Well, i got the impression that OP wanted to retrieve the cleartext string, but i could be wrong. > On Saturday 18 August 2007 16:19, Mogens Melander wrote: > >> MD5() is not an encryption function. The MySQL manual states: >> -- Later Mogens Melander +45 40 85 71 38 +66 870 133 224 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
