teccmo wrote:
> 
> So any help or direction to articles on this would be much appreciated.
> Thank you. 
> 

"You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly" 
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000953.html

"Enough With The Rainbow Tables: What You Need To Know About Secure Password
Schemes"
http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2007/9/7/enough-with-the-rainbow-tables-what-you-need-to-know-about-s.html

PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2 (and of course other articles referenced
by this)

It's not necessary to md5 your salt before appending it to the password. 
It's more important to use a distinct salt per user, and apply key
strengthening.

I'd also recommend using sha256 instead of sha1.  See the PHP hash()
function.

Regards,
Bill Karwin
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