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Edward
Edward

Reputation: 9778

Can MD5 from a MySQL field be used in another MySQL db?

We have an existing website written in PHP/MySQL (Joomla 1.5) where the user's passwords are stored in the TABLE using MD5. This website is going to be totally overhauled and I'm wondering if the user's passwords can simply be copied and re-created in the new MySQL TABLE and still work? Is a MD5 user's password portable to another MySQL even on a different system? Or is the encryption of MD5 on MySQL altered by some other factor? Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 117

Answers (1)

CodeAngry
CodeAngry

Reputation: 12985

MD5 is portable as long as all involved parties (input, salt and pepper) are the same!

PS: But MAKE SURE you backup first :)

Upvotes: 3

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