Re: Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Improve uniqid() uniqueness

From: Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:02:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Improve uniqid() uniqueness
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Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> schrieb am Di., 18. Okt. 2016, 11:42: > On 18/10/16 08:35, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > >> Sure, but it did happen that shared hosts block it, noticed during > >> > random_compat adoption. > >> > > >> > You claimed there isn't any BC break. > > The line should be > > > > "There is no BC for usable systems" > > > > Any file permission could disturb PHP script execution, couldn't it? > > > > I think it's nothing special for /dev/urandom. User should set up system > > correctly to use PHP. Then there is no BC at all. > > 'Suppliers' should perhaps be helped to configure their systems so the > users can use things, but things like /dev/urandom may need some > additional notes to help identify problems when frameworks like owncloud > start throwing errors. As Niklas says it's shared environments where > this one may bite. > Just to be clear: I don't argue that those systems are broken, I just say that there is a BC break for those systems and that this has to be documented. Regards, Niklas -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >

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