note 27692 added to function.crypt

From: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:50:45 +0000
Subject: note 27692 added to function.crypt
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How about using the first two characters of the USERNAME as a salt? This will prevent the problem with equal first eight characters in passwords in most cases, and will also not leave the first two characters of the plain-text password open in .htaccess files. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+27692 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+27692 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+27692

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