Crypt will use the hashing algorithm that it deems most secure. So if you're system has bcrypt it should use it. If you're hashing passwords bcrypt is a good hash to use. On Apr 12, 2013 6:18 AM, "Matt Gushee" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Peter-- > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Peter Bex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The reason it's erroring out is probably because your libc's crypt() > > returns NULL for unsupported setting strings, whereas some other crypt() > > implementations return bogus strings. > > > > Could you please try the attached patch and let me know if this fixes > > it for you, so I can make a new release? > > Yes, that works. Thank you! > > By the way: since this egg is an interface to "the Unix crypt() > function," does that mean it does not work on Windows? Also, I have > seen that some seemingly-knowledgeable people believe that bcrypt is > one of the better hashing methods. But this crypt is not related to > bcrypt, is it? > > Thanks, > Matt Gushee > > _______________________________________________ > Chicken-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users >
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