Makes sense.......thank you!

On Jan 10, 2011, at 2:28 PM, gshegosh wrote:

>>             MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
>> Does anyone have example code of how to decode the encrypted value from the 
>> code above?
> 
> The whole point of hashing passwords (with per user salt for best 
> results) is that if a bad guy steals the database, (s)he won't be able 
> to recover passwords in clear text -- hashing algorithms are thus 
> one-way (or in an ideal world they would be).
> 
> If you're hashing passwords, You don't "unhash" them. Just write a 
> testPassword(String userGivenPassword) method that hashes the string 
> user entered in the password field (using salt chosen based on login 
> s/he entered) and compares the hash to the one you have in the db.
> 
> HTH
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