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diff --git a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.apr_md5_crypt.rst b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.apr_md5_crypt.rst index c441765..883f44e 100644 --- a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.apr_md5_crypt.rst +++ b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.apr_md5_crypt.rst @@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ :class:`passlib.hash.apr_md5_crypt` - Apache's MD5-Crypt variant ====================================================================== +.. warning:: + + As of 2012-6-7, the MD5-Crypt algorithm is "no longer considered safe" + by it's author, who urges migration to newer hash algorithms. + .. currentmodule:: passlib.hash -This format is a variation of :class:`~passlib.hash.md5_crypt`, +This hash is a variation of :class:`~passlib.hash.md5_crypt`, primarily used by the Apache webserver in ``htpasswd`` files. -It contains only minor changes to the md5-crypt algorithm, -and should be considered just as strong / weak as md5-crypt itself. +It contains only minor changes to the MD5-Crypt algorithm, +and should be considered just as weak as MD5-Crypt itself. .. seealso:: |