I am officially calling this a 1.0 release now. In the past month or so, there have been a couple dozen downloads of the MOD, and nobody has posted back yet with issues.
I'd like to get some other individuals to help me test this MOD. I've tested it once, but I want to ensure that everything works properly before I call it an official 1.0 release.
Password Salting Version: 1.0
Author: Bill Parrott (muzishun)
Forum Version: Snitz Forum 2000 v3.4.06
Tested Databases: MS Access 2000
Last Updated: 1/17/08
Download Link: Chimeric Dream, SnitzBitz
(From Wikipedia) "In cryptography, a salt comprises random bits that are used as one of the inputs to a key derivation function. The other input is usually a password or passphrase. The output of the key derivation function is stored as the encrypted version of the password. A salt can also be used as a key in a cipher or other cryptographic algorithm. The key derivation function typically uses a hash function. Sometimes the initialization vector, a previously-generated value, is used as a salt."

This MOD helps make a site more secure by adding a randomly generated string to the end of users' passwords before they are encrypted. This ensures that even if someone gains access to the forum's database, even a brute force attempt to crack the passwords will be ineffective, due to the fact that a user's password cannot possibly be guessed (unless someone discovers the salt, of course).
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