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[Bug libc/13286] RFE: bcrypt support
- From: "ldv at altlinux dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:48:31 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/13286] RFE: bcrypt support
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- References: <bug-13286-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13286
Dmitry V. Levin <ldv at altlinux dot org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Resolution|FIXED |WONTFIX
--- Comment #6 from Dmitry V. Levin <ldv at altlinux dot org> 2011-10-16 18:48:31 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Please could bcrypt support be added to glibc so that we have a modern, safe
> way of storing passwords?
The implementation you are talking about is already exists (since 1998).
It's called crypt_blowfish, you can find more information about it at
http://www.openwall.com/crypt/
Some GNU/Linux distributions integrated crypt_blowfish to their glibc packages
long time ago, much before the moment of adding rival SHA-based algorithms to
mainline glibc (about 4 years ago).
AFAIK the decision to not consider including bcrypt support to mainline glibc
was a political one, so I very much doubt raising this issue in bugzilla could
affect that decision.
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