Step 1: To use this forum you will often need to identify yourself by logging in. This account allows you to communicate with other users, get personalised content and publish which artists you like. Usernames may be up to 32 characters long. Passwords are case sensitive and must be between 8 and 50 characters long. They must contain at least one character and one number.
Your password is always hashed on the client side, before it is send over the internet. A JavaScript implementation of the MD5 hash is used. Note that this signup procedure requires that your password's hash is sent unsalted, which it is during login.
This is no protection for someone sniffing your connection, the only effect acquired by using a hash is that your real (plain) password is unknown to the one having access to the hash of it. The salting during login makes it impossible to execute replay attacks in order to get logged in, since the salt is every time different.
By using these techniques it is believed you got a little more security on an insecure place like the internet. However do not rely on the comfort this gives you, for it is no real security at all. The only thing which is sure, is that your password is not sent in plain form when logging in or signing up. * This username will be visible to other users, we encourage you not to use your real name or any personally identifiable information. | 
