Note to myself: decrypting MD5 hashes

Beatnik on 2007-07-04T21:45:37

Something I might need at work: MD5 Decryptor.


Maybe a joke?

merlyn on 2007-07-05T00:50:01

Notice the number of "encryptions" and "decryptions" is precisely the same. I suspect all they're doing is hashing whatever anyone asks, and keeping both the cleartext and hashed text. So if you happen to come along and give a hash text for something someone else has asked to hash, they can "decrypt" it! Like magic! {sigh}

Doesn't look all that useful to me at all.

Re:Maybe a joke?

jjore on 2007-07-05T02:13:19

It looks like a trap for the unwary. "Encrypt all my passwords please!"

Re:Maybe a joke?

Ron Savage on 2007-07-05T10:24:57

My guess is that they're searching someone else's tables. Eg: http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/