Biju,
I think MD5 is a message digest algorithm not an encryption
algorithm. It provides an unforgeable signature (checksum) but is not an
encrypted form of the message you start with.
You need to look at RSA/DES encryption I guess.
-Dominic
At 04:45 PM 2/29/00 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi! All,
>
>I am trying to encode the password using the MD5 algorithm thats
>provided with the jdk1.2.We also have a necessity to decrypt the
>password....Can somebody who has worked on this suggest the code that
>goes in for decrypting.(We are interested in using MD5 for decrypting as
>well)
>Are there any freeware packages that can be imported and used ??
>This is with reference to servlets...
>Please respond ASAP...
>
>Thanks in Advance!!
>
>Regards,
>Biju
>
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