Biju,
As pointed out by other posters MD5 is a hash algorithm
not an encryption algorithm. You might be confused by the
fact that it can be used in combination with an encryption
algorithm to authenticate a user without sending the password
across the connection.
If you want to know more try this book:
Applied Cryptography http://www.counterpane.com/applied.html
If you need a cryptography package see http://www.logi.org/logi.crypto/
Rob Griffin
Quest Software
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Web site: http://www.quest.com
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> Nambisan
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> Subject: Cryptography and Encryption
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>
> 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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