Why do some other discussion board programs use plain-text passwords?
It is shocking that some competing discussion board products do not extend to their users the security of storing their passwords in encrypted form. This spells bad news for the users if someone happens to get a hold of the password file in an unauthorized manner. We encourage anyone considering the use of any product to ensure that passwords are always stored in a sufficiently secure one-way encryption algorithm, such as that used by Discus. If passwords are not stored in an encrypted manner, we believe that it is the duty of the administrator to inform the users that their passwords are stored in such an insecure manner.
