The MD5 hash of leng is 0417d835f2dff4a546508ecd100a4c54
You can attempt to reverse the MD5 hash which was just generated, to reverse it into the originally provided string:
Reverse a MD5 hash
Feel free to experiment MD5 hashing with more strings. Just enter a new string and submit the form to convert it into another MD5 hash.
Convert a string to a MD5 hash
What is a MD5 hash?
MD5 (Message Digest algorithm, 5th version) is an algorithm which converts a given sequence of characters into another unique sequence of characters, with a fixed length, called "hash". For instance, the MD5 hash of the word password is 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99.
These hashes are mostly used to validate file integrity, to encrypt sensitive data (like passwords), and to generate unique identifiers.
Is it secure?
MD5 hashes are theoretically impossible to reverse directly, ie, it is not possible to retrieve the original string from a given hash using only mathematical operations.
Most web sites and applications store their user passwords into databases with MD5 encryption. This method appears to be safe as it seems impossible to retrieve original user passwords if, say, a hacker manages to have a look at the database content.
Unfortunately, there is a way to decrypt a MD5 hash, using a dictionary populated with strings and their MD5 counterpart. As most users use very simple passwords (like "123456", "password", "abc123", etc), MD5 dictionaries make them very easy to retrieve.
This website uses a MD5 reverse dictionary containing several millions of entries, which you can use with MD5 hashes from your application.
If some of the hashes you enter can be reversed, consider using another way of generating hashes, like using stronger algorithms (SHA-2, Whirlpool, etc), combining algorithms, and using a "salt".
Links
- SHA-1 Center
- Convert and reverse SHA-1 hashes.
- Cryptography Center
- Encrypt, decrypt, convert, encode and decode text.
- Definition of MD5 on Wikipedia.org
- Learn more about MD5 hashes by reading the related article on Wikipedia.org