astralaaron Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 If they register, and loose their password, and the password is md5() encrypted how would I find it out for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfiction Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 MD5 is a one-way hash algorithm. so you cannot retrive the password. One way to handle this is to reset the password [some random temporary password] and send it to user and update database with hashed new password...here's a site which reverses the md5 BUT method is by using several MD5 databases to look up an MD5 hash and return its original counterpart.http://md5.benramsey.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachninme Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Exactly. That is why most websites won't give you your password, but they'll allow you to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralaaron Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 thanks for this information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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