how to hash the password and get it back

Question

hey guys, i want to hash the password so it is totally encrypted, i am able to hash the password, but now the issue is i am not able to again get back the real password, is there any way i can get the real password using any of the hash, or is there any other way to encrypt and also decrypt the text into its original content...

Please reply as soon as possible.. Thanks and regards abbas electricwala.

Answer 1

Hash is a one way encryption - that's the point - not to be able to get the original information from it. Hash is meant for verifying integrity. You can check if a entered string is the correct password by hashing and comparing the hashes with the one you had before.