Encryption method in password?

[jlocker]

What is the password encryption method in AbanteCart 1.1.5..

[abantecart]

md5 is used for password encryption.

[jlocker]

okkk but waht is this??



   static function generatePassword($length = {
      $chars = "1234567890abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
      $i = 0;
      $password = "";
      while ($i <= $length) {
         $password .= $chars{mt_rand(0, strlen($chars))};
         $i++;
      }
      return $password;
   }

[abolabo]

it is not encryption. it's a generator of random password

[jlocker]

so if i save the password like md5($password) it will work or???

[abolabo]

no. we also use salt.

Why do you want to save password directly without ui?

[jlocker]

because i'm trying to insert users without login to control panel using form..but password encryption is not working and i can't find the session..so if i can find the session name i can develop the product page. as in if i can restrict access to product page for each user..so to do that i have to store the session name(username)..but i can't find it.can you help me to do that.