Re: decrypted pwd

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
Cc: "Don V(dot) Soledad" <don(dot)soledad(at)uratex(dot)com(dot)ph>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: decrypted pwd
Date: 2003-09-08 15:43:47
Message-ID: 20030908154347.GA16100@wolff.to
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:53:26 -0600,
"scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> wrote:
> 3: Compare your infinite number of md5 sigs to the one stored for the
> user. When they match, you've got the original password, or at least a
> password that will work just like the original.

It is probably worth trying to spend some time trying to find a finite
set of passwords that are guarenteed to be generators for all possible
MD5 hashes (or at least those than can possibly occur), so that you can
finish the computation in finite time.

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