md5

[Anon]

Ok, I was wrong now i am lost, how do i decrpt my check feidl in my table with md5?

[Anon]

you can encrypt with md5, but you can't decrypt...

[brandonschnell]

like paul said, md5 is a one way encryption method. its designed so that data can be encrypted and then later checked against other encrypted data.

what exactly are you trying to do anthony? what is the end result that you're working towards?

[Anon]

well, my userdb is using md5 so when peopel want forget their password i want to send it to them.
But it sends it to them ecytptred so it is kinda useless

[brandonschnell]

don't send users their old passwords. its a bad idea.

instead, encrypt passwords using a one way encryption method like md5 and store that on the database. if the user requests their password, reset the password to something like a random 6 character string with uppercases and lowercases and numbers, and send the users the NEW passwords via the email address they provided when the created the account.

[Anon]

can you take a md5 crypt and make it into a base64 and then decrypt it their?

[brandonschnell]

nope. besides, base64 encryption is not secure and only should be used when sending binary files through systems that aren't 8 bit safe (such as email).

[Anon]

How would i replace the field check with a new passwd? So i can send it to the user saying this is your new pass, click here to change it.
Anthony

[Anon]

UPDATE n/m 🙂