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Posted by Andy Hassall on 09/29/05 21:40
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:18:58 +0200, Thierry <abuse@microsoft.com> wrote:
>The function md5 encrypts a string :
>md5('hello') --> 5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592
No, it does not encrypt a string. It hashes a string.
>But how do we uncrypt a md5 string ?
>function('5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592') --> hello
You cannot. It is impossible to go back to the original value.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function
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