[TYPO3-bugs] Bug #1285: md5 password encryption for FE users

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello,

how should it work to activate the md5 password encryption for the FE
user's fe_users table entries? Maybe this should be activated in the
install tool. And the current passwords must be md5 encrypted. But
should the old passwords be stored somewhere? Or should a temporary
password be generated instead with notification and request to change it?

At the moment there exist some extensions dealing with it in their own
ways. There should be a global switch to have the passwords in MD5
encryption invisible for the administrator.

- Franz