[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21022: Use bcrypt for password hashing; updating old hashes

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#21022: Use bcrypt for password hashing; updating old hashes
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 Reporter:  th23                                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
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Component:  Security                             |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  major                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:
  dev-feedback                                   |
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Comment (by my1xt):

 @stgoos fullly agree over here, although considering we are 7.4 already
 and in fact PHP7 as a whole is EOL by now, so the next version might as
 well be PHP8+ why not just skip bcrypt and go all-out with argon2id?

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