Re: crypt() should raise error without 2nd parameter

From: Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 04:44:59 +0000
Subject: Re: crypt() should raise error without 2nd parameter
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Hi Hannes,

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Hannes Magnusson <[email protected]
> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Yasuo Ohgaki <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It seems there are 2 options for master branch when crypt()'s 2nd
> parameter
> > is omitted.
> >
> >  - raise E_DEPRECIATED that advice use of stronger salt or
> password_hash()
> >        and make 2nd parameter required for future release.
> >  - make crypt() use stronger default salt/hash w/o error
> >
> > Since password_hash() is supposed to do better job, first option seems
> > better to me.
>
>
> Deprecating it means it will be removed in the future.
>
> Please leave the function alone. This should be solved with education,
> not a gun to peoples head.


This would be third option.
I agree that good documentation is always good.

E_NOTICE might be better as E_DEPRECIATED means obsolete.

I'll write RFC for voting later. Please comment so that your comments are
in RFC.

Regards,

--
Yasuo Ohgaki
[email protected]


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