Month: May 2008

• mod_auth_mysql and phpass

  With the release of WordPress 2.5, there were some significant changes to the way passwords were stored in the database.  Prior to 2.5, passwords were stored as MD5 hashes.  While simple and easy, there were some security implications, so since 2.5, passwords are now salted and hashed using the phpass encryption library.  At Automattic we…

  Barry

  May 19, 2008

  software

  mod_auth_mysql apache mysql