How can to know the encryption method used to encrypt a password ?

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Hai,

I have a table with user info like user id and password.

I want to know encryption method which is used to encrypt the password.

This is how encrypted password look like:

A5-7D-92-22-B5-04-9E-15-03-AB-AE-60-25-75-89-4A-29-14-6C-14-A5-59-CC-2B-8E-52-3E-B8-BB-02-30-30

Kindly help me.

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Hai,

I have a table with user info like user id and password. Db is MS SQL

I want to know encryption method which is used to encrypt the password.

This is how encrypted password look like:

A5-7D-92-22-B5-04-9E-15-03-AB-AE-60-25-75-89-4A-29-14-6C-14-A5-59-CC-2B-8E-52-3E-B8-BB-02-30-30

Kindly help me.

Posted 11-Mar-17 0:46am

shabadiveda

Updated 11-Mar-17 5:08am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2017-03-11T01:00:00

You can't tell from the encrypted data: the chances are that it isn't encrypted anyway - it certainly shouldn't be as encrypted passwords are inherently insecure.
Most likely, it's hashed - which means that the original data cannot be recovered from the stored value. Instead, the user entry is hashed using the same method and the new hash is compared to the old to ensure a valid password was entered.

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2017-03-11T05:08:00

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How can to know the encryption method used to encrypt a password ?

The best is to ask the one who designed this.

Beyond the simplest encryptions (like ROT13), nobody can tell which encryption was used just by looking at a random value. Only movie heroes and bad guys can do it in matter of seconds.

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A5-7D-92-22-B5-04-9E-15-03-AB-AE-60-25-75-89-4A-29-14-6C-14-A5-59-CC-2B-8E-52-3E-B8-BB-02-30-30

What can be told is that this is hexadecimal, it is used because encrypted values can contain non printable chars.

How can to know the encryption method used to encrypt a password ?

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