#1 2011-12-02 10:42:27

corchi72
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Registered: 2010-12-10
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How to decrypt password?

I created a form for entering login and password that will be used to access the session.
I would like to see the original password in the form, because I want to change the password, what should I write to decrypt the encrypted password with " PasswordHashHexa: = SHA256 ('salt' + value);"


thanks corchi

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#2 2011-12-02 12:27:10

ab
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Re: How to decrypt password?

The password is not crypted, it is hashed.
This is the most secure way of checking a password without storing its value.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptograp … h_function

Since it is mathematically impossible to decrypt a SHA-256 hash in the current state of computing power, you can not do that.

You can ask for the previous password at changing it.
This is a current procedure in all SW systems.

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#3 2011-12-02 13:40:08

corchi72
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Re: How to decrypt password?

ok thanks , I like this solution

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