It's too late for that. And I don't believe that the system's crypt() function just magically changed at exactly the same time we upgraded to PHP 4.1
Mike Patrik Wallstrom wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Mike Eheler wrote: > > >>Is there any way to force PHP 4.1's crypt to generate crypt's with >>2-letter salts? We've written some apps that do things the hack way -- >>if (crypt($pass,substr($pass,0,2)) == $cryptpass) -- and changing all of >>them to work the extended way is a real pain the arse. That includes >>changing all our password generation code to create 2-letter salts. >> >>Any help much appreciated. >> >>In short -- I want crypt() to work like it did in 4.0.6. >> > > This is exactly the reason you should use a specific standard hash > algorithm like MD5 or SHA-1 when encrypting passwords. The PHP crypt() > call uses the system call crypt(), which might vary between different > systems. > > Look at the PHP man pages for crypt() and the mcrypt package for more info > on the subject. With mcrypt you can use whatever crypto function you need > for compatibility. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mcrypt.php > > -- > patrik_wallstrom->foodfight->[EMAIL PROTECTED]>+46-709580442 > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
