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Aug 14.2008

Hello all. I have a question about MD5. I am trying to create a site that integrates with my PHPBB 3 forums. The cookies for the forums store the user ID number and a hashed password. I want to compare this hashed password to the hashed password in the user database so that users don’t have to login every time to get a session. What would I need to do to do this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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@bokehAug 15.2008 — [code=php]if($hashed_cookie_password === $hashed_database_password){[/code]
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@jaablazeauthorAug 15.2008 — thats what I have setup now, but its still not working. any other suggestions?
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@bokehAug 15.2008 — Post your code.
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@sstalderAug 16.2008 — phpBB3 does not use plain md5 hashed strings to store passwords. I suggest searching their site or asking on their forums for some help.
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@jaablazeauthorAug 16.2008 — I have been, but I'm getting no answers over there so I posted here. it looks like the same hash is used and stored in the cookie, but when I try to compare it comes back false.
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@NogDogAug 16.2008 — There's a long discussion in the PhpBB forums about it you might want to wade through and see if you find a solution: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=585387
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