MySQL Password encryption

Discussion in 'MySQL' started by nandanamnidheesh, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. #1
    i have a ad management php software installed in my server and i forget it password and i registered a temporary email so now i cant reset tht password .. when i chk in My SQL using phpmyadmin i found the password but it in encrypted form (i think) (some numbers) anyway to find the real password ??
     
    nandanamnidheesh, Oct 20, 2008 IP
  2. jestep

    jestep Prominent Member

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    It's most likely hashed which means that it is unrecoverable. You can probably change the email address directly in the database and then reset the password again.
     
    jestep, Oct 20, 2008 IP
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    shenron Notable Member

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    Yep, exactly, just change the e-mail to one that you really use and request the reset. That should do the trick. ;)
     
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    It's hashed BUT it it is still de-cryptable (Dunno if that's a word lol)

    I've done it a few times when I have forgotten my passwords, and I just get the hash, and go to a hash decryptor and get the password recovered.
     
    Zivem, Oct 21, 2008 IP
  5. nandanamnidheesh

    nandanamnidheesh Active Member

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    can u tell more details about hash decryptor ??
     
    nandanamnidheesh, Oct 22, 2008 IP
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    You have just to know what is the hash.
    If it MD5, (probably), just encrypt a new password with md5(); and put it there. You can log in.
    In the other hand, you use a hash decrypt, but it don't work every time.
    There is ones :
    http://www.md5decrypter.com/
    http://decrypt.vanvan.cc/
     
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    Dang, you beat me to it. >.<' lol
     
    Zivem, Oct 22, 2008 IP
  8. jestep

    jestep Prominent Member

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    These are technically not hash decypters. They have a database of known hashes and if you can match one you know what the root string was.

    Hashes encrypt in a single direction and have no key to reverse the ecryption. For this reason it is virtually impossible to crack a hash unless there is some flaw in the way it was generated, or there happens to be a high probability of collisions (different strings that produce the same hash).
     
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    maybe it's just MD5 function. you can try to find md5 checker or something on internet. or you can change the md5 function on your program.
     
    thegussey, Oct 26, 2008 IP