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    error geting password of vbforums

    Actually my userif is purusingh and email is [email protected] .
    I have forgotten my password and I am requesting my password from long time. But couldn't get it?

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    Probably going to some other email addy?

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    Without password, how did u loginin the forums?

    and how did u make this post

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    Originally posted by veryjonny
    Without password, how did u loginin the forums?

    and how did u make this post
    purusingh <> purushing1

    !

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    Originally posted by mendhak
    purusingh <> purushing1

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    I didnt notice that

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    Originally posted by MartinLiss
    purusingh, I move your post to Forum Feedback and sent you your password.
    You sent him his password? Does vBulletin not encrypt them in the database? Are they that easy to get at?
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    Originally posted by The Hobo
    You sent him his password? Does vBulletin not encrypt them in the database? Are they that easy to get at?
    Maybe it's a new password.
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    Originally posted by The Hobo
    You sent him his password? Does vBulletin not encrypt them in the database? Are they that easy to get at?
    I don't know how they are stored and I can't see them. All there is (at least to my knowledge) is an Admin function to "Send User Their Password".

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    Originally posted by MartinLiss
    I don't know how they are stored and I can't see them. All there is (at least to my knowledge) is an Admin function to "Send User Their Password".
    Well, it can't be md5() encryption, then, since it's irreversable.
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    Originally posted by The Hobo
    Well, it can't be md5() encryption, then, since it's irreversable.
    For $85 you can buy the source code and find out exaclty how they are encrypted.

    My guess would be they use PHP's mcrypt extension.

    Another method of doing it would be to md5 hash the password and then when the user requests it, the forum software generates a new password and sends that.
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    Originally posted by visualAd
    ...Another method of doing it would be to md5 hash the password and then when the user requests it, the forum software generates a new password and sends that.
    No, that doesn't happen.

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    Cool. I'm still curious how vBulletin store the password, though. Is there anyone out there that knows?

    Maybe I should look around their site and see if it says. Feel free to shut me up if I'm getting too far off topic here.
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