Trying to Understand SALT and the New Password system

[korny]

Originally Posted by Link14716

In vB 2.0.x and below, passwords were stored as $password.

In vB 2.2.0 through 2.3.4, passwords were stored as md5($password).

In vB3, passwords are stored two sperate ways. In the database, passwords are store as md5(md5($password) . $salt)) In cookies, I believe they are stored as md5(md5(md5($password) . $salt) . $licensenumber))), although I'm not quite sure on that.

I am trying to write a script for my site that is integrated with VB3. I, however, can not get a user logged into my main page using the VB3 cookie. If the above quote is correct, then the following code should work:

$userPassword = md5(mysql_result($result, 0, "password")."#####");

The ##### is my license number. Providing my license number is correct (which it is.), the login should work. This code, however, returns a totally different hash than what is stored in the cookie. Is there an error in my code, or is the above quote incorrect?