Feature #259

String crypt method's salt argument should be optional

Added by rlaager (Richard Laager) almost 4 years ago. Updated about 1 year ago.

[ruby-core:17746]
Status:Rejected Start date:07/12/2008
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) % Done:

0%
Category:core
Target version:2.0.0

Description

The salt argument to String.crypt should be optional. If it is not specified, a random salt should be generated and used.

History

#1
Updated by rlaager (Richard Laager) almost 4 years ago

This is done in the Facets library: http://facets.rubyforge.org/

#2
Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 3 years ago

  • Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

#3
Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) about 2 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback
I don't think it is a good idea to encourage use of weak DES encryption.

#4
Updated by znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA) about 2 years ago

  • Category set to core
  • Target version set to 2.0.0

#5
Updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE) over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Rejected

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