Can we know a registered user's password by any means ?

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by 28081981, Nov 10, 2008.

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    I know we can reset it, but can we know as well ?

    Does VB/PHP/SMF any other comes with such a feature ?
     
    28081981, Nov 10, 2008 IP
  2. glitto

    glitto Notable Member

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    I don't think any forum software will let you know the password, because it is illegal.
     
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    Nora Well-Known Member

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    Probably not.. they're all encrypted.
     
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    You can't do this in vb. It first salts the password and then use double one way encryption (MD5).
     
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    calum Peon

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    All the major forum softwares use MD5 or SHA to encrypt passwords in the database. If you use phpMyAdmin or similar, you can go to the "users" (or similar) table and see the encrypted passwords.

    However, there is no way to decrypt them - and there is good reason for this. There should be no reason to want to find a member's password. If they don't know it, you can reset it. And you don't need to know it to be able to edit their account.
     
    calum, Nov 13, 2008 IP