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MD5 Passwords
By Jehreg , Section Wishlist [] Posted on Mon Nov 11, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST

Interested in MD5 hashed passwords ?

I am trying to integrate phorum and Scoop, and I have noticed that their password mechanisms are different (no surprise there).
I have modified Scoop to generate and store MD5 hashed passwords.
Would anyone be interested in integrating it fully in Scoop ?

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MD5 Passwords | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 hidden)

Implementation. (none / 0) (#1)
by Jehreg on Thu Nov 14, 2002 at 07:39:35 AM PST

Alright, then how do I submit these patches ?

send them by hurstdog, 11/14/2002 08:17:35 AM PST (none / 0)

The problem - Migration of User Passwords (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by hillct on Wed Nov 20, 2002 at 08:40:24 PM PST

The trick is to effectively migrate users from passwords encoded using the old screwed up Crypt'ish mechanism, to the much better MD5 mechanism. As far as I can tell, the best way to achieve this, is to test the password encoding upon each user login and re-encode as an MD5, when apropriate. Site owners will need to be able to disable this migration behavior in Site Controls.

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