for a 5 char brute force, i dont think speed is really an issue 
1 2005-03-09 23:15
Re: Selectable Hashing method (14 replies, posted in Feature requests)
2 2005-03-09 19:26
Re: Selectable Hashing method (14 replies, posted in Feature requests)
depends where you look, but figures range from sha1 being quicker, to sha1 taking 3x as long
3 2005-03-09 19:16
Re: Selectable Hashing method (14 replies, posted in Feature requests)
The same applies to sha1 though, in the case of brute forcing a password 
4 2005-03-09 16:43
Re: XMB 1.9 to PunBB converter (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Yes i can put "extra" effort in, but not right now.
5 2005-03-09 16:29
Re: XMB 1.9 to PunBB converter (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
easier for who? not for me, sorry!
I had a look at the migration tool, but there's no dev-notes; this is the result of me wanting to convert the data as quick as possible, unfrotunately I do not have time to work out how to get this to work with the migration tool.
Maybe later.
6 2005-03-09 16:08
Re: XMB 1.9 to PunBB converter (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
You're probably right about the birthday hack, i havnt actually touched xmb's code for quite a while now
nearly there, would you be able to test it for me andy?
7 2005-03-09 14:21
Re: XMB 1.9 to PunBB converter (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
I looked at the tool, and to be frank I just dont have time to work out how it works, so I will be posting just a standalone script.
I'm nearly there, have done the category, forum, topic and post conversions, just need to polish it off with a few functions to convert moderators, last post id's etc.
8 2005-03-09 13:38
Re: Selectable Hashing method (14 replies, posted in Feature requests)
for easier intergration with other scripts
for password hashing i cant think of any real benfit in using sha1 over md5, sure, it might take 80 years instead of 30 years to find a key, but that doesnt really worry me to be honest 
9 2005-03-09 13:08
Re: Selectable Hashing method (14 replies, posted in Feature requests)
maybe im the only one that would prefer to use md5 either way
Adam
10 2005-03-09 12:34
Re: XMB 1.9 to PunBB converter (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Didnt know there was a migration tool
11 2005-03-09 11:11
Re: Migration from XMB 1.9 (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
the 1.6 convertor for phpbb is useless, trust me i've tried
so, I'll write my own : http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6632
12 2005-03-09 10:56
Topic: XMB 1.9 to PunBB converter (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Hi all,
Further to my previous posts, I have decided to write converter for those with XMB 1.9 forums who wish to migrate to PunBB.
I have so far almost completed the user part, working successfully for a migration of 3000+ users and their settings.
I will detail any problems and imcompatibilites as I go along, with the aim of releasing a php script for those whishing to migrate.
Adam
incompatibilities
XMB has a few fields that PunBB doesnt seem to have an equiveabent of:
* birthday - this is used to calculate age, and also for XMB's "todays birthdays" list.
* dateformat / timeformat - I was supsrised to find that PunBB doesnt support user customisation of time and date display?
* avatars - XMB uses hotlinking, PunBB uses file uploads. It's possible I could write a script to convert, but not at the moment.
* last_post field in PunBB - XMB does not have this field, but I will see about a simple calculation to fix that.
* mood and bio fields in XMB - PunBB doesnt have an equivalent from what I can tell - the bio field is often used, and the mood field is normally used for all sorts of things, in my case, what car they drive.
13 2005-03-08 23:26
Topic: Selectable Hashing method (14 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Most other forums use md5 for hashing, and anyone planning to migrate from another forum will encounter the same problem I did in that I needed to edit the pun_hash function to force it to use md5 instead of SHA1();
While this is no biggy, it might be worth adding a selectable hashing method within the install script, for those planning to migrate.
Adam
14 2005-03-08 23:22
Topic: Migration from XMB 1.9 (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Hi,
I wonder, has anyone migrated their XMB forum to punbb?
I'm planning to give a site with 3000+ users an overhaul, and have decided to use punbb as the forum part, and so I need to do a little conversion.
The first thing I have noticed is that the pun_hash function prefers sha1() over md5, while most other forums use md5, including XMB. I have disabled the sha checks so it will always use md5. I wonder if it might be a good idea for there to be an admin selectable option in the install script whereby the admin can elect to use md5 by default.
I'm going to tackle the user db conversion next, wish me luck!
Adam