Mailing List Archive: upgrading default password hashing algorithm

If you change the hash, it will convert peoples hashes next time they log
in.

Some hash types can be converted by maintenance scripts, but that tends to
only be the weaker hash wrapped in strong hash types

--
Brian

On Friday, November 29, 2019, Kevin Zhang <msuzhangke8@gmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed that MediaWiki 1.33 includes a stronger hash algorithm (argon2)
> yet the default password algorithm in use is still pbkdf. The manual page
> is not updated for this.
> Does anyone know how to safely convert?
> Is it advisable to attempt changing to this new hash algorithm?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
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