Password decryption

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,
I don't know if I am in a correct category with my question.

I want to know what decryption-method is used for this password:

(1) The first stadium is (its stored in the settings.xml of my software):

lPXPEqJ29pdHfn25y7ID3NKeVPYS/mGlAXZvkbs50jnesg6IOLS7EHpRXXqHt3tXdGMMlSPRshlraIrs2PkIcrJ71xXggaD/He6RQS+W3c0=

(2) The second stadium is (its the argument "password" when I log in with the software on the server):

9099A1B8A7DA1897D081C63D7EFFF429

(3) And the real password what I have to use when logging in manually is:

988081

How can I find out, what method is used to get the real password (3.) out of the string of 2.?

I will be very thankful for any information what takes me more to the "target" :slight_smile:

Have a nice day!

2

You can't get the "real password" from the encryption string. Password encryption is based on a one-way hash algorithm that, by design, cannot be decrypted.

3

The example you provided happened to be a MD5 encryption.

md5 Encryption for '988081' is:

9099a1b8a7da1897d081c63d7efff429

Like Neo said, though, it is a one way hash function. The only way to know the output is to first know the input.

-Dave