I don't think we should completely forget about SHA1. Just password
hashing scheme should be improved. Something like $passhash =
sha1(sha1($password) . $salt);
Also hash extension can be disabled on some configurations and user
will be left with broken component if SHA512 is used by default there.

On 25 июн, 01:09, Maciek Rumianowski <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Thanks for reply,
>
> my approach was also to suggest some changes to GuardPlugins. Somehow
> to encourage developers to use safer/stronger algorithms, because
> there are only md5 and sha1 mentioned and possibility of changing them
> (but i don't think they will stop and consider using other algo). Or
> maybe make default stronger?
>
> Thanks,
>   Maciej
>
> On 24 Cze, 12:04, Marc Weistroff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You can provide custom hash functions/methods to sfDoctrineGuardPlugin.
>
> > Please have a look 
> > there:http://trac.symfony-project.org/browser/plugins/sfDoctrineGuardPlugin...
>
> > Marc
>
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Maciej Rumianowski <
>
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I'm wondering if symfony is going to use new safer hash functions. I'm
> > > using sfGuardPlugin which uses md5 and sha1 (I didn't check it in
> > > Doctrine's). NSA or NIST (I don't know which one) suggested that new
> > > applications (build to be use after 2010) should use SHA-2 or similar.
>
> > > As of PHP 5.1.2 I suppose, there is hash() function which has long list
> > > of algorithms to use, shouldn't it be better to use these algos?
>
> > > Moreover I read on
>
> > >http://laurent.bachelier.name/2010/04/and-i-thought-sfdoctrineguardpl...
> > > …/
> > > that instead rand() mt_rand() should be use.
>
> > > Thanks
> > >   Maciej Rumianowski
>
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