[wp-testers] New password hashing algo in trunk

[spencerp]

Ryan Boren wrote:
> (Cross-posted to testers and hackers lists)
>
> Trunk now hashes passwords with phpass. See ticket 2394 for details.
>
> http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2394
>
> Backup up your users table before updating trunk is advised.  Whenever
> a user logs in via wp-login.php, their hash will be updated to use the
> new algo.  If you want to roll back, you will need a back up of the
> users table that contains the old md5 hashes.
>
> Changes to cookie authentication are coming soon as well.  You will
> probably want to avoid trunk for the next couple weeks unless you want
> to help debug login problems.

I know I said I'd hold off on this, but I changed my mind. I'll back up 
the blogs now and then "svn up". Just curious, will these new changes 
maybe make user authentication integration easier with MediaWiki and etc?