XenForo is good idea for custom user database and

[hasanmerkit]

I wrote a simple membership system with my own vanilla PHP and it still works.

For security;

• I encrypted the passwords with BCRYPT.
• I used PDO.
• I used solutions like htmlspecialchars() function to fix XSS vulnerabilities.
• In the login page I created, IP addresses can make certain attempts within a certain time frame. (It was effective against brute force attacks.)

Here is what I am wondering:

• Can I redirect the XenForo membership database to my own database...

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