[Security] Add challenge-response auth with scrypt verifiers and stop storing plaintext passwords

Challenge-response authentication: the client derives a scrypt verifier
(RFC 7914, EVP_PBE_scrypt, N=32768, r=8, p=1) and authenticates with
HMAC-SHA256(key, nonce), so neither the password nor its hash is
transmitted. The stored format becomes
"$scrypt$<n>$<r>$<p>$<salt>$<verifier>" and Response_PasswordSalt
now carries the cost parameters. Strict servers only accept scrypt
verifiers; legacy accounts are migrated after a successful login.

Fix #344 for challenge-response servers: a saved profile stores the
derived verifier under the password key instead of the plaintext password.
The connect dialog loads it without revealing it, autoconnect passes it
through, the change-password dialog no longer prefills the old password
field with it, and the client only persists the verifier when
"Save password" is checked.

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@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ password=123456
; Accept only registered users? default is false (accept unregistered users)
regonly=false
[security]
; How strictly new authentication features are enforced. Possible values:
; * legacy: only accept the legacy 1000-round SHA-512 password hashes;
; * mixed: accept both legacy hashes and challenge-response authentication (default);
; * strict: only accept challenge-response authentication from clients that support it,
; and reject plain password submissions. Legacy accounts are migrated to PBKDF2
; automatically on their next successful login.
authentication_strictness=mixed
[users]
; The minimum length a username can be