Data Encryption & Decryption in Java

[Hari Dhanakoti]

Hi all,

I am now working with encryption and decryption algorithm in java.
As of now i am making use of the MD5 algorithm to encrypt the data.
I can encrypt the value to a hexadecimal values.

I am not able to get original String value after decryption.

Is there is any way to achieve the original data?

If not how can we convert the hexadecimal values to Strings?
Please help me out ASAP..

I am totally hanged up with this issue.

[Paul Sturrock]

MD5 is a hashing algorithm, not an encryption algoritm. You are not meant to be able to get the original value from it.

[Ulf Dittmer]

MD5 is not cipher, but a hash or digest. The difference is that ciphers can be reversed (in other words, you can get back the original text), but digests can't.

So for encryption -where you want the original text back- you can't use MD5. Ciphers you could use include AES, DESede and Blowfish, amongst others.

The http://faq.javaranch.com/java/SecurityFaq contains several links regarding the use of the JCE API which may be helpful.