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Posted by Oliver Grδtz on 12/02/07 14:19
Jerry Stuckle schrieb:
> Oliver GrΓ€tz wrote:
>> Ziggy schrieb:
>>> I want reverse md5 result in original form but I think it's not possible.
>> If the text is short then there MIGHT be a solution for your paticular
>> problem. There are MD5 databases that have really large lists of MD5
>> input/hash pairs indexed by hash values. Google for "md5 reverse". There
>> is a small chance to find your input if it was just some characters long.
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> Nope. There are a huge number of strings which can generate the same
> MD5. Which one do you want?
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> Those MD5 databases are only good for duplicating a specific MD5 hash.
> They can't tell you what the original was.
Ziggy didn't tell us for what application he needed to revert MD5. If it
was about password restoration, then reverse MD5 lookup databases ARE a
possible solution. I precisely narrowed the usability of my answer down
to "short strings" and "a small chance to find _your_ input".
OLLi
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