[wp-hackers] Should password hashing portability be configurable?

[Otto]

For reference, PHPass is a framework for password encryption that is
not specific to any particular algorithm  It implements salting and
stretching, both of which increase the security of the password hash.

More info here: http://www.openwall.com/articles/PHP-Users-Passwords

-Otto


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:57 PM, CloudPress Hosting
<cloudpresshosting at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds a bit over complicated. I wonder why they would not just use SHA256
> with salt.