Re: md5 encryption

>>
>> And all I was trying to do was to correct the statement that md5 was a
>> one
>> way hash.
>>
>
> It is a one way hash function.

I am sorry, but I don't quite agree.
I did, (and still do), some reading, the fact is that you can get a string
given a hash key.

Please note that I was, (maybe wrongly), talking about passwords.
Every application compares the key and not the string.

>
> - Mike

Simon


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