[wp-testers] New password hashing algo in trunk

[spencerp]

Ryan Boren wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2007, at 10:41 AM, spencerp <spencerp1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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 ...
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> Programmatically we're trying to make it easier.  Not using plain md5 
> hashes might make integration more troublesome however, especially 
> when using apache auth. We might have to change hashing to something 
> more common denominator. We'll provide upgrade paths for any changes.

Ah okay. Thanks for clarifying this... I just updated my two main blogs 
for now and everything seems fine so far. I'll have to test things out 
after a bit. Busy day here.