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Should password reset tokens be hashed when stored in a database?
Passwords are hashed so that if someone gains access to a database of passwords then they won't know what the actual passwords are and so they can't log in.
If I can get a valid password reset token ...
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Using the password hash as a reset token
I had this idea, that instead of generating a password reset token and emailing it to the user, I simply email the user's hashed password to them. Then upon reset, the user would submit the old hashed ...
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