3 check-ins using file doc/howto.txt version a12cd32804

2016-10-20
17:53
Replace external openssl call with "crypt" egg.

The OpenSSL call was using the old UNIX crypt DES password hashing, which is very weak. Crypt will default to a more sensible mechanism (Blowfish, but in the future could transparently switch).

Old passwords will continue to work, because the crypt egg detects DES salts and happily hashes them. When creating new passwords, they will be hashed using the modern algorithm.

The OpenSSL call passed the password to the shell, so an onlooker on the server could see it in plaintext. It also neglected to escape the password for the shell, resulting in a command injection vulnerability. check-in: 1b5a5d3a6e user: sjamaan tags: crypt

17:50
Create new branch named "crypt" Closed-Leaf check-in: 1241e8996c user: sjamaan tags: crypt
2016-09-25
17:10
Added conversion to s:session-var-get. WARNING: Need to use 'raw in many cases check-in: 445ea184ae user: matt tags: trunk