Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5821: crypt() with blowfish fails

Does anything change if you backslash escape all those $'s? On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Craig J Copi wrote the following to Powell,Tim : > "Powell,Tim" writes: > >I can't speak for the c function (although I suspect that it is the same) > >but in perl crypt only uses a 2 char salt. So no matter how long you make > >the salt, only the first two characters really count. > > No, it passes the salt on to the libc crypt which then decides what > to do with it. The $2a (in the case of OpenBSD) flags blowfish. See > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html > for an online version of the manpage. Note that it says that the whole > string (here we are calling it the salt) is to be passed for > interpretation. > > Craig > >