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md5 reverse?

         

ayushchd

3:47 pm on Aug 7, 2007 (gmt 0)

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How can I reverse a hash to its original value?

For eg : I have in my database : 96fce58d95975292ad444d2d1c89bdfd

How do get its original value? , ie, hewlett

jatar_k

3:51 pm on Aug 7, 2007 (gmt 0)

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are you looking to recover a lost or forgotten password?

if so, the standard procedure is to create a new random password and email it to the email address attributed to the account.

You can understand that reversing the MD5 of the password would be a bit of a security concern.

Lord Majestic

3:51 pm on Aug 7, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Generally speaking - no, unless the text that was MD5-ed was very simple (like say one word: password) and can be guessed using by brute force checks on dictionary.