[wp-testers] New secure cookie protocol in trunk

[spencerp]

Ryan Boren wrote:
> On 12/16/07, spencerp <spencerp1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Sweet! Now, question: If I "svn up" my domains here on Dreamhost.com
>> (meet PHP version of course)...Do I have to manually ADD anything
>> special to the wp-config.php file itself, run upgrade.php or anything?
>> Just was wondering, I don't want to chance screwing something up here...
>>     
>
> You don't have to do anything other than svn up.  You can add the
> SECRET_KEY define to wp-config.php if you want some extra protection
> against someone creating a valid cookie if they somehow get at the
> "secret" stored in the DB.  That's optional, however.
>
> define('SECRET_KEY', 'shhh, this is a secret');

Oh okay. Thanks Ryan!I just svn-ed up the blogs now. Everything seems 
fine so far! =D I might do that extra security thing then. Just to see 
what happens with it. =D