Hello Konstantin,
On 09/03/2017 06:16 PM, Konstantin Shemyak wrote:
> SHA-256 and SHA-512 based encryption algorithms support passing
> number of hashing rounds in the salt string, like:
>
> crypt("password", "$5$rounds=100000$saltsaltsalt")
>
> This was present since introduction of SHA-*-based algorithms in the
> glibc commit c3266dc0d85ed519ff40d1738aadf7b1280af3ba.
>
> The parameter is explained. Minor wording and formatting fixes done.
>
> Konstantin Shemyak (4):
> crypt.3: wfix: encryption is not done with SHA-xxx, but with a
> function based on SHA-xxx.
> crypt.3: ffix: added missing formatting
> crypt.3: wfix: clarified that ending of the salt string with '$' is
> optional
> crypt.3: Added description of previously undocumented 'rounds'
> parameter
>
> man3/crypt.3 | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
In general the patch series looks good, but I need some more
supporting information for the commit message and for checking details.
See comments on individual patches, in following mails.
Cheers,
Michael
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