Hashes are a one-way deal and cannot be decrypted by nature. The only way to "reverse" a hash is by brute force. (Google Rainbow Tables)
I guarantee you the PHP app did not decrypt whatever it was it was hashing. Generally, when it comes to something like passwords, you hash the password and store it. When someone attempts to login, you hash the password they provided and see if that hash matches the stored hash. ~Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Gray" <[email protected]> To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: decrypt > > Hello, > > I need to decrypt a hash. Can I do this in CF? > > I am trying to get a PHP application that stores some information as an > MD5 hash to work with a CF application. So want to decrypt it and use it > in my CF application. > > This web site can decrypt it, but the CF decrypt() function needs a key. > How do I figure out the key? > > http://tools.benramsey.com/md5/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
