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  • Encrypted or hashed? Encryption with a symmetric key is useless and asymmetric is probably computationally expensive for these purposes? Commented Mar 29, 2013 at 16:11
  • Encrypted, not hashed. There is absolutely nothing wrong with symmetric encryption and there are several ways to implement this solution. You might also want to mention the reason you think symmetric encryption is "useless". Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 17:12
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    What is the point of encrypting the usernames? If it is for anonymity, it will fail when (logging/application) server is compromised. Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 17:17