On 20 Jan 2009, at 14:24, Tushar Gandhi wrote:
> > Hi, > I am using "Digest::SHA1.hexdigest" to encrypt password. Now, I want > to > decrypt that password. Is it possible to decrypt the password and > recover original one? > Nope. SHA1 is a digest function, not an encryption function and thus inherently one-way only (at least that's what it's aiming for). If you do find a way, a number of crypto researchers would be very interested to find out how Fred > Thank, > Tushar > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
