[ANNOUNCEMENT] Auth-1.1.1 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package Auth-1.1.1 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * This release fixes a bug that caused some files of PEAR::Auth to be installed in wrong places. Everyone who has installed version 1.1.0 is urged to update to this version! Following is a list of changes in version 1.1.0. We are including this list here because the changelog entries were not displayed properly in the previous release: * Silenced some warnings when working with "error_reporting(E_ALL);" and fixed two bugs. * Don't update idletime after the authentification session has expired. * Allow setting session ID in assignData(). This becomes handy when using Auth_HTTP. (Patch by Marko Karppinen, <karppinen@pobox.com>) * Added optional setLoginCallback() and setLogoutCallback() methods. (Patch by Marko Karppinen, <karppinen@pobox.com>) * Added method setIdle() that complements to setExpire(). (Patch by Marko Karppinen, <karppinen@pobox.com>) * Added new methods setAuthData() and getAuthData() that allow to write and read additional data into/from the session pool. * Improved internal handling of session variables. * Instead of sticking to md5 as the password encryption method, one can now choose between standard Unix DES-based encryption algorithm, md5 hashing and using plain text passwords. Please note that the last option is a security risk and shouldn't be used unless you *really* now what you are doing. * Database storage container: Only open connection to SQL server if it is really necessary. This speeds up the whole process in a lot of situations. Package Info ------------- The PEAR::Auth package provides methods for creating an authentication system using PHP. Currently it supports the following storage containers to read/write the login data: * All databases supported by the PEAR database layer * Plaintext files * LDAP servers Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?package=Auth Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=Auth Download: http://pear.php.net/get/Auth-1.1.1.tgz Authors ------------- Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> (lead) James E. Flemer <jflemer@acm.jhu.edu> (developer)