Activity 17 - March 23, 2026

Submitted by Calina Winfield

Encryption Activity

  1. Plain Password
  2. md5() function
  3. Adding salt to md5
  4. General Approach: password_has() function
The original pw string is: 1234.
The encrypted string with md5() function is: 81dc9bdb52d04dc20036dbd8313ed055.
The encrypted string with md5 and a random salt is: ba440dd808e62d9576e864f69e2a628e.
The encrypted string using password_hash function is: $2y$12$6nk1C/ukuPxY20KLkpjW..s9hRwZs7WDvb1J6azmCTvDnSU4zWIFq.
Password verified successfully!

The encrypted string is very long. Make sure you update/check your database pw column. It should have enough space to store the encrypted password. Suggest length: 255. Update both localhost and GGC Domain databases.