On Tuesday 13 June 2006 7:54 am, Rob Andrews wrote: > On 13-Jun-2006 12:36.54 (BST), Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > I have a situation here how can i decrypt the mysql database userrs > > password > > As I gather, passwords created with the MySQL PASSWORD() function are > hashes, you can't just "decrypt" them as each successive character alters > the hash of the previous character. > > -- > rob andrews :: pgp 0xb35ff721 :: rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx In other words it is a one way encryption. The only way I know to find the password is by brute force, that is encrypting a password and comparing it to the hash. --
