On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Jason Berger wrote: > I was able to encrypt a string using MD5. How do I decrypt it back into > Meaningful data?
MD5 is a hash, not a crypto. You can't turn a hash back into the original, but by exchaning a hash like MD5 it can be verified that two parties have access to the original or that two originals are identical without exchaning the original. For this reason you find MD5 hashes commonly in reference to files which may be downloaded allowing you to verify that the file downloaded is the correct file and not corrupted, and MD5 is also found as part of various secure authentication schemes who never exchange the password but rather just a proof that the correct password is known. Regards Henrik ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
