added some notes

5 files changed, 18 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/docs/notes.txt b/docs/notes.txt
index 078843f..ebafa5f 100644
--- a/docs/notes.txt
+++ b/docs/notes.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Todo
 Internal Changes
 ----------------
 * C extensions to speed up some implementations
-* py3k support
 
 Other Hash Formats
 ------------------
@@ -18,23 +17,6 @@ Other Hash Formats
 Notes on various hash formats
 =============================
 
-Cisco PIX
----------
-sample hashes found - http://www.freerainbowtables.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1441
-
-  8Ry2YjIyt7RRXU24 ''
-  2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU 'cisco'
-  hN7LzeyYjw12FSIU 'john'/'cisco'
-  7DrfeZ7cyOj/PslD 'jack'/'cisco'
-
-alg
-  secret+user
-  truncate/pad-right-null to 16 bytes
-  md5().digest()
-  h64 encode
-
-todo: get some samples w/ passwords longer than 16 chars to verify
-
 Mac OSX
 -------
 Summary of info from http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/
diff --git a/passlib/exc.py b/passlib/exc.py
index 29813cd..0192951 100644
--- a/passlib/exc.py
+++ b/passlib/exc.py
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ class PasslibHashWarning(PasslibWarning):
     """
 
 class PasslibRuntimeWarning(PasslibWarning):
-    """Warning issued when something strange but correctable happens during
-    runtime. These are generally ok, but the developers would love to hear
-    the conditions under which it occurred."""
+    """Warning issued when something unexpected happens during runtime.
+
+    The fact that it's a warning instead of an error means Passlib
+    was able to correct for the issue, but that it's anonmalous enough
+    that the developers would love to hear under what conditions it occurred.
+    """
 
 #==========================================================================
 # eof
diff --git a/passlib/handlers/des_crypt.py b/passlib/handlers/des_crypt.py
index 3eea448..5e3cb4c 100644
--- a/passlib/handlers/des_crypt.py
+++ b/passlib/handlers/des_crypt.py
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ class des_crypt(uh.HasManyBackends, uh.HasSalt, uh.GenericHandler):
 #handler
 #=========================================================
 
+#FIXME: phpass code notes that even rounds values should be avoided for BSDI-Crypt,
+# so as not to reveal weak des keys. given the random salt, this shouldn't be
+# a very likely issue anyways, but should do something about default rounds generation anyways.
+# http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/crypt sez even rounds of DES may reveal weak keys.
+# list of semi-weak keys - http://dolphinburger.com/cgi-bin/bsdi-man?proto=1.1&query=bdes&msection=1&apropos=0
+
 class bsdi_crypt(uh.HasManyBackends, uh.HasRounds, uh.HasSalt, uh.GenericHandler):
     """This class implements the BSDi-Crypt password hash, and follows the :ref:`password-hash-api`.
 
diff --git a/passlib/tests/test_handlers.py b/passlib/tests/test_handlers.py
index dbb410e..4547e56 100644
--- a/passlib/tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/passlib/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ class msdcc2_test(UserHandlerMixin, HandlerCase):
 class mssql2000_test(HandlerCase):
     handler = hash.mssql2000
     secret_case_insensitive = "verify-only"
+    # FIXME: fix UT framework - this hash is sensitive to password case, but verify() is not
 
     known_correct_hashes = [
         #
diff --git a/passlib/utils/__init__.py b/passlib/utils/__init__.py
index 051c93a..3edfaca 100644
--- a/passlib/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/passlib/utils/__init__.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ unix_crypt_schemes = [
     "sha512_crypt", "sha256_crypt",
     "sha1_crypt", "bcrypt",
     "md5_crypt",
-    "bsdi_crypt", "des_crypt"
+    # "bsd_nthash",
+    "bsdi_crypt", "des_crypt",
     ]
 
 # list of rounds_cost constants
@@ -1445,6 +1446,9 @@ def getrandbytes(rng, count):
 
 def getrandstr(rng, charset, count):
     """return string containing *count* number of chars/bytes, whose elements are drawn from specified charset, using specified rng"""
+    # NOTE: tests determined this is 4x faster than rng.sample(),
+    # which is why that's not being used here.
+
     #check alphabet & count
     if count < 0:
         raise ValueError("count must be >= 0")