Hi all
I am working on a task and I am in a jam, I have learned fairly a lot about the nature of MD5 encryption (or hash encryption, there are a ton of terms). I also know that there is a namespace called -Cryptography that I can use while coding in C# to encrypt strings in the MD5 hash encryption. However I have to match existing data. The catch being that I am out by a few 0’s... eg. 123 = 202cb962ac59075b964b07152d234b70 on a site that I use to encrypt/decrypt passwords for testing the program, however using the cryptography class I will get the following : 202cb962ac5975b964b7152d234b70 out by two 0’s. (used text compare for this)
I have done everything I can think of to see why this is happening, the 0’ are not unique in any ways, it seems to be a different form of MD5 encryption or something. I guess I am asking for help, in any form really, information, suggestions, maybe even a question I should be asking myself.
I know MD5 is not something for a newbie like me, however at the current moment I am both fascinated by it, but frustrated and am running out of ideas. Any form of help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance