Re: Decrypt

From: William Stacey [MVP] (staceywREMOVE_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:51:48 -0500

You can not reverse it. That is a benefit of hashes. To prove you know the
same hash, you just run your string into the function again and compair the
two hashes. 

-- 
William Stacey, MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
"news.microsoft.com" <claudio@expertsinfo.com.br> wrote in message
news:O6UqDuvCFHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> How do I revese it? Can you give me an example?
>
> "William Stacey [MVP]" <staceywREMOVE@mvps.org> escreveu na mensagem
> news:epxqf7tCFHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > MD5 is a one way hash.  You can't reverse it.  You can, however, verify
> > that
> > two strings will produce the same hash.
> >
> > -- 
> > William Stacey, MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >
> > "news.microsoft.com" <claudio@digi.com.br> wrote in message
> > news:##lkT0tCFHA.3280@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> I found the followin example of how to encrypt a text:
> >> public static string Cript(string text)
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> Byte[] clearBytes = new UnicodeEncoding().GetBytes(text);
> >>
> >> Byte[] hashedBytes = ((HashAlgorithm)
> >> CryptoConfig.CreateFromName("MD5")).ComputeHash(clearBytes);
> >>
> >>
> >> return BitConverter.ToString(hashedBytes);
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I would like to know how to decrypt it. Does anyone can help me?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> public static string DeCript(string text)
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> ?????
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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