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FEATURE: Persist password hashing algorithm/params in database (#20980)
Previously, Discourse's password hashing was hard-coded to a specific algorithm and parameters. Any changes to the algorithm or parameters would essentially invalidate all existing user passwords.

This commit introduces a new `password_algorithm` column on the `users` table. This persists the algorithm/parameters which were use to generate the hash for a given user. All existing rows in the users table are assumed to be using Discourse's current algorithm/parameters. With this data stored per-user in the database, we'll be able to keep existing passwords working while adjusting the algorithm/parameters for newly hashed passwords.

Passwords which were hashed with an old algorithm will be automatically re-hashed with the new algorithm when the user next logs in.

Values in the `password_algorithm` column are based on the PHC string format (https://github.com/P-H-C/phc-string-format/blob/master/phc-sf-spec.md). Discourse's existing algorithm is described by the string `$pbkdf2-sha256$i=64000,l=32$`

To introduce a new algorithm and start using it, make sure it's implemented in the `PasswordHasher` library, then update `User::TARGET_PASSWORD_ALGORITHM`.
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.devcontainer DEV: Replace postCreateCommand with postStartCommand (#16665) 2022-05-05 23:52:35 +02:00
.github DEV: Setup lint to the future (#20990) 2023-04-06 17:25:01 +01:00
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bin DEV: Add yarn-app shim to run yarn using the app modules (#20983) 2023-04-05 13:12:58 -05:00
config FIX: staff_counters should be pluralized strings (#21039) 2023-04-10 17:00:31 +08:00
db FEATURE: Persist password hashing algorithm/params in database (#20980) 2023-04-11 10:16:28 +01:00
docs FEATURE: Move bootstrap mode indicator to header (#20663) 2023-03-24 15:59:03 +02:00
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plugins UX: chat mobile tweaks (#21041) 2023-04-11 09:03:12 +02:00
public FEATURE: Update topic/comment embedding parameters (#20181) 2023-02-28 14:31:59 +02:00
script DEV: phpBB3 importer should get quoted username from actual post (#20979) 2023-04-05 15:43:20 +02:00
spec FEATURE: Persist password hashing algorithm/params in database (#20980) 2023-04-11 10:16:28 +01:00
test DEV: Extensively use includes() (#17541) 2022-07-17 20:48:36 +02:00
vendor DEV: Update moment-timezone (#19052) 2022-11-16 16:57:40 +01:00
.editorconfig DEV: Update .editorconfig to match new hbs rules (#19816) 2023-01-10 16:21:16 +01:00
.eslintignore DEV: Chat service object initial implementation (#19814) 2023-02-13 13:09:57 +01:00
.eslintrc DEV: Await for all async MessageBus callbacks (#17966) 2022-08-17 12:44:48 +02:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs DEV: Add recent formatting commits to .git-blame-ignore-revs (#19799) 2023-01-09 14:51:48 +00:00
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.gitignore DEV: Setup lint to the future (#20990) 2023-04-06 17:25:01 +01:00
.jsdoc DEV: Chat service object initial implementation (#19814) 2023-02-13 13:09:57 +01:00
.licensed.yml Build(deps): Bump nio4r from 2.5.8 to 2.5.9 (#20947) 2023-04-04 02:28:29 +02:00
.licensee.json DEV: TaffyDB is MIT licensed per it's repo (#20265) 2023-02-13 14:51:22 -03:00
.npmrc DEV: Prevent npm usage (#13945) 2021-08-04 22:04:58 +02:00
.prettierignore DEV: Chat service object initial implementation (#19814) 2023-02-13 13:09:57 +01:00
.prettierrc DEV: upgrades dev config (#10588) 2020-09-04 13:33:03 +02:00
.rspec Add RSpec 4 compatibility (#17652) 2022-07-28 10:27:38 +08:00
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.rubocop.yml DEV: Enable unless cops 2023-02-21 10:30:48 +01:00
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.ruby-version.sample DEV: Update recommended Ruby to 3.2.1 (#20444) 2023-02-24 12:51:34 -03:00
.streerc DEV: Apply syntax_tree formatting to app/* 2023-01-09 14:14:59 +00:00
.template-lintrc.js REFACTOR: user directories without <table>, second attempt (#20515) 2023-03-02 15:10:19 -05:00
Brewfile DEV: enable frozen string literal on all files 2019-05-13 09:31:32 +08:00
config.ru DEV: enable frozen string literal on all files 2019-05-13 09:31:32 +08:00
CONTRIBUTING.md
COPYRIGHT.md DEV: Absorb onebox gem into core (#12979) 2021-05-26 15:11:35 +05:30
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Gemfile PERF: Use OpenSSL::KDF for Pbkdf2 implementation (#20982) 2023-04-05 17:00:05 +01:00
Gemfile.lock Build(deps): Bump sass-embedded from 1.60.0 to 1.61.0 (#21034) 2023-04-10 08:08:54 +08:00
jsconfig.base.json DEV: Add more excludes to jsconfig (#17975) 2022-08-17 21:51:40 +02:00
lefthook.yml DEV: Add syntax_tree check to lefthook (#19877) 2023-01-17 10:16:07 +10:00
LICENSE.txt DEV: Absorb onebox gem into core (#12979) 2021-05-26 15:11:35 +05:30
package.json DEV: Setup lint to the future (#20990) 2023-04-06 17:25:01 +01:00
Rakefile FIX: Do not dump schema during production database migrations (#12785) 2021-04-21 16:26:20 +01:00
README.md DEV: Update recommended Ruby to 3.2.1 (#20444) 2023-02-24 12:51:34 -03:00
translator.yml DEV: Add labels for plugin locale files (#19664) 2022-12-31 00:37:15 +01:00
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