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Sony's recent security "holes" showed how unsafe it can be to store data unencrypted. As some of you may know, I 'm working on re-releasing the free CRM theme Driftwood.

What is the most secure way to store sensitive (ie non-public information) post meta in the database?

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  • Could you be more specific about the type of data stored?
    – mfields
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 15:36
  • It could be email, phone numbers, or in some cases social security numbers. The new system allows for the site admin to store any text/media they want about/for a contact.
    – MTT
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 15:41

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Use bcrypt.

http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/

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  • Any good resources for how to do this in php or better yet hooking into WordPress?
    – mfields
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 16:01
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    @mfields - gist.github.com/972386 bcrypt usage in PHP
    – Scott
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 17:24

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