moodle/auth/db/upgrade.txt

This files describes API changes in /auth/db/*,
information provided here is intended especially for developers.

=== 2.9 ===

Some alterations have been made to the handling of case sensitity handling of passwords
and password hashes which previously varied depending on database configuration:

* Plain text password matching is now always case sensitive
* sha1/md5 hash comparisons are now enforced case insensitive (as underlying they are hexidecimal values)
MDL-20365 auth_db: Warning users about case sensitive plain passwords Also, changing returned passwords to lower case when maching against an md5() string or a sha1() string. 2014-11-27 13:57:06 +08:00			`This files describes API changes in /auth/db/*,`
			`information provided here is intended especially for developers.`

			`=== 2.9 ===`

MDL-20365 auth_db: refinement to the upgrade.txt 2014-11-27 08:26:43 +00:00			`Some alterations have been made to the handling of case sensitity handling of passwords`
			`and password hashes which previously varied depending on database configuration:`

			`* Plain text password matching is now always case sensitive`
MDL-20365 auth_db: upgrade.txt - make the hash comment clearer 2014-11-27 08:43:32 +00:00			`* sha1/md5 hash comparisons are now enforced case insensitive (as underlying they are hexidecimal values)`