Joomla! 1.5 uses md5 to hash the passwords. When the passwords are created, they are hashed with a 32 character salt that is appended to the end of the password string. The password is stored as {TOTAL HASH}:{ORIGINAL SALT}.
To see how this is tested for authentication take a look at plugins/authentication/joomla.php lines 80-116.
EasyCalcCheck Plus - Warning: The form was not found, because the template uses overrides. Please adjust the search string for the form in the file easycalccheckplus.php or delete the overrides in templates/yourtemplate/html!