[wp-testers] wp 2.5.rc1 causes passwords to break on pre 2.5 releases using shared user table

[Ryan Boren]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Austin Matzko <if.website at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Jeff Sherk Forerunner Ministries
>  <jeff at forerunnertv.com> wrote:
>  >  Anybody know why it's doing this?
>
>  Yes, the password authentication has changed for WordPress 2.5 to
>  improve security.

The hash functions are pluggable so a plugin can force use of the old
MD5 hashes.  I think someone already wrote such a plugin, but I can't
find it.  I can write one if their isn't one out there.