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Old 19-05-05, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by KeironO
Yup, the cookie merely holds user ID and MD5 password (could be wrong, not sure what encryption vBB uses). All the other profile date, options, messages are stored in various SQL databses on the server.
Yep, they use an MD5 hash, but, merely for pickyness, it is not encryption as the original password cannot be derived from the hash.

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