On 09 Nov 2009, at 12:46, Frederick Cheung wrote: >>> I want decrypt a password which is encrypted by MD5. >> >> MD5 is a hash algorithm, which means it's a one-way encryption. You >> have no way of decrypting the hash to the original password. And >> since >> you are using a salt, even the rainbow tables hackers use will be >> pretty useless. > > And at least according to the snippet posted, it's not MD5 it's SHA1 > (which is harder to brute force)
Indeed, missed out on that, but the conclusion is still the same, digesting is one way, so you can't decrypt the password in a convenient way. It's easier just to implement a password reset routine. Best regards Peter De Berdt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
