Re: libmcrypt: abandonware?
| From: | Andrea Faulds | Date: | Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:11:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: libmcrypt: abandonware? | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> On 11 Dec 2014, at 06:54, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>>
>> It’s my understanding that ext/mcrypt is quite widely used. Would it not be possible to
>> update the lib to use OpenSSL or something on the backend, so existing applications would not need
>> changing?
>
> I suppose you mean to replace the functions implementation to use
> openssl + some custom codes? As maintaining our own library is not
> going to be a good idea :)
Yes. Essentially it would be a polyfill that uses a crypto library that's actually maintained.
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Andrea Faulds
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