Re: note 8339 added to crypt

From: Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 04:20:20 +0000
Subject: Re: note 8339 added to crypt
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bene@php2.chek.com wrote: > "If the salt argument is not provided, it will be randomly generated by PHP." > This statement is FALSE. As of 4.01pl2, ONE random salt is created... meaning that if you > recursively run the crypt() you will be using the same salt. This can be a feature in RARE > situations, but I recommend that you create your own random code to make > a salt. > http://www.php.net/manual/function.crypt.php See also bug 5821. Shall I redocument, to indicate the possible security issue and the repeating salt? -Bop -- Brought to you from iBop the iMac, a MacOS, Win95, Win98, LinuxPPC machine, which is currently in MacOS land. Your bopping may vary.

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