Can anyone help with decrypting md5crypt hash?

[georgebeard]

I found this hash $1$RYIwEiRA$6EsyjpEtqze8yGdO9qcuR0 in the firmware for IP Camera Tantos and can't decrypt it. I tryed with hashcat and john the ripper

 

[VideoDad]

I found this hash $1$RYIwEiRA$6EsyjpEtqze8yGdO9qcuR0 in the firmware for IP Camera Tantos and can't decrypt it. I tryed with hashcat and john the ripper

An MD5 hash is a one-way cryptographic function that takes a stream of data of any length and generates a fixed length digest value to be used to authenticate the message.

In this case, the hash probably verifies that you have valid firmware from the manufacturer and not from a hacker.

As a one-way function, it's impossible to go back and determine what input created the hash. But if you know what original input created the hash, you could run it through the MD5 function to verify you get the same hash.

 

[tangent]

Hashes are also frequently used as a means of storing an encrypted password. Due to the popularity of things like rainbow tables, these days salted hashes are used more often making the hash more unique.

 

[georgebeard]

Thank's for answers

 

[alastairstevenson]

But if you know what original input created the hash, you could run it through the MD5 function to verify you get the same hash.

Which is what the brute-force method of hashcat or john-the-ripper does.
Hard going though for an MD5 hash.