RE: [PHP-DB] Md5() / password() in MySQL

> -----Original Message----- > From: kenji chan [mailto:kenjikenji@bigpond.com] > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 2:06 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] Md5() / password() in MySQL > > > Md5() / password() in MySQL: > > Md5() can be encode something, but how to decode it? > Password() is a buld in function in mysql , but how to > decode something from password() ?? In both cases, the answer is "You can't." Both md5() and MySQL's password() are one-way functions. To determine whether a password entered later matches the one that's stored, you'll need to encrypt the new password and see whether the encrypted strings match. --- Mark Roedel | "Blessed is he who has learned to laugh Systems Programmer | at himself, for he shall never cease LeTourneau University | to be entertained." Longview, Texas, USA | -- John Powell