how to decrypt, after encrypting using digest/sha1

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Srikanth Jeeva

hi ,
i encrypted this way using digest/sha1..

require'digest/sha1'
=> true

Digest::SHA1.hexdigest "srikanthjeeva.blogspot.com"
=> "4c76cbd20f88c700e95bf55b3c1f7a37aead432c"


now can any one help how to decrypt.????
 
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Simon Krahnke

* Srikanth Jeeva said:
hi ,
i encrypted this way using digest/sha1..

require'digest/sha1'
=> true

Digest::SHA1.hexdigest "srikanthjeeva.blogspot.com"
=> "4c76cbd20f88c700e95bf55b3c1f7a37aead432c"

now can any one help how to decrypt.????

SHA1 is no encryption scheme, it's a secure hash (also called digest).
It's nearly impossible to deliberately construct a file with the same
hash, even if you know the original file. So it's actually the opposite
of something meant to be decrypted.

mfg, simon .... l
 
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Srikanth Jeeva

Simon said:
SHA1 is no encryption scheme, it's a secure hash (also called digest).
It's nearly impossible to deliberately construct a file with the same
hash, even if you know the original file. So it's actually the opposite
of something meant to be decrypted.

mfg, simon .... l



k, thanks simon..
 

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