Re: crack lib
| From: | Billy Harvey | Date: | Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:29:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: crack lib | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-general+get-78886@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 19:12, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> If the crack lib functions are for cracking passwords or other non
> commerce/offensive/hacker efforts, I strongly object to their inclusion in the
> functions of PHP. The PHP/Apache community does not need to give the
> gates/microsoft/.net community any ammunition for bad publicity.
Object away. They exist because they exist and are useful. The
concepts have been around for years and are easily implemntable in any
programming language.
That's the value and risk of freedom - it cuts both ways.
Billy