How can I decrypt SHA-512 hash code using salt?

Question

I have encrypted data using sha-512 Algo and its salt , I want to decrypt that data please anyone tell me how can I decode it using Java.

Thanks

Answer 1

SHA-512 is a cryptographic hash function. Cryptographic hash functions are one way - you can calculate the hash for a block of data, but it is not possible to get the original data back when you have only the hash. So you cannot decrypt a hash code to get back the original data.

Cryptographic hash functions are often used to store passwords in a database. To check if the password that a user entered is correct, the first thing you might think is "Ok, so I have to decrypt the password in the database and check if it's equal to what the user entered". That is, however, not how you do this.

Instead, what you do is hash the password that the user entered, and compare that hash to the hash stored in the database. If the hashes are the same, the user entered the correct password. You don't need to "decrypt" the hash.

Answer 2

SHa 512 is not an encryption. Hash an algorithm that is designed to be one way only to verify the integrity of data.

So in short: No, you cannot "decrypt" any hash algorithm.