Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/19/60 11:39

Bandit wrote:
> Hi Jerry..
>
> Thanks for that. I later discovered that on another website but I
> also found a VBA macro that I was able to plug into excel to do the
> same way. Mind you, the method you described sounds easier.
>
> One query though. What happens if you already had some password data
> in there in the first place. Does it get encrypted (.Sorry.. Hashed)
> again thus making the original hash totally whacked out?
>
> Declan
>
> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:53:20 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
> <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>

Yes, in this means it would be hashed again.

If all the passwords are hashed, just don't do the MD5 step. If none of
them are hashed, you need to do the MD5 step.

But if some of them are hashed and some not, you'll have to examine each
record individually and hash those which aren't.

Or, if you have two password columns in your Excel table (one plain, one
hashed), you could just hash them for those which aren't already hashed
(i.e. hashed pw length = 0).

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