[wp-hackers] Password Handling Improvements - Trac Ticket #2870

[Steve Lewis]

On 9/25/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com> wrote:
>
> I'd also be in favour of storing the passwords differently, adding a
> unique salt value with each user and storing the md5 of the password
> plus the salt. That would protect user accounts from rainbow attacks.
> Anyone else think it's worth the effort?

Better, allow the salt to be overridden in wp-config.php for those of
us who choose to.

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SteveL