Re: Security changes in PHP 7
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:04:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Security changes in PHP 7 | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Feb 8, 2015 12:48 PM, "Yasuo Ohgaki" <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote:
>> 2. What's going to happen to mcrypt?
>>
>> I see the vote to excise it did not pass. Does this mean that (i.e.
>> imply that) PHP's plan is to keep a security lib that hasn't been
>> maintained for 8 years for the next 5+ years?
>
>
> Removed.
> Available as PECL module.
> Probably.
Please check the RFC.
It is not removed and unless some people changed their mind the horrible
scenario described here will happen. And it will be longer than 5 years.