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authorEli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com>2011-06-22 17:36:15 -0400
committerEli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com>2011-06-22 17:36:15 -0400
commitb1a5216d2e9cbf46f5f4500c0a8f9489f3b6d24e (patch)
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downloadpasslib-b1a5216d2e9cbf46f5f4500c0a8f9489f3b6d24e.tar.gz
PHPass now prefers portable hash over bsdi-crypt
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diff --git a/docs/lib/passlib.apps.rst b/docs/lib/passlib.apps.rst
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+++ b/docs/lib/passlib.apps.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ It is found in a wide range of PHP applications, including Drupal and Wordpress.
and implements an custom scheme called the "phpass portable hash" :class:`~passlib.hash.phpass` as a fallback.
BCrypt is used as the default if support is available,
- otherwise BSDI-Crypt will be used as the default.
+ otherwise the Portable Hash will be used as the default.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.5
+ Now uses Portable Hash as fallback if BCrypt isn't available.
+ Previously used BSDI-Crypt as fallback
+ (per original PHPass implementation),
+ but it was decided PHPass is in fact more secure.
.. data:: phpbb3_context