On Sun, 2023-07-16 at 03:37 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On 2023-07-16 03:18, Xi Ruoyao wrote: > > On Sun, 2023-07-16 at 02:59 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > Hi Xi! > > > > > > On 2023-07-15 20:41, Xi Ruoyao wrote: > > > > libcrypt is the password hashing library, and libcrypto is a > > > > completely > > > > different library (OpenSSL cryptography library). > > > > > > Thanks! My mistake. > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > man3/crypt.3 | 2 +- > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/man3/crypt.3 b/man3/crypt.3 > > > > index 1f3e4792e..ad14cb4f7 100644 > > > > --- a/man3/crypt.3 > > > > +++ b/man3/crypt.3 > > > > @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ > > > > crypt, crypt_r \- password and data encryption > > > > .SH LIBRARY > > > > Encryption and decryption library > > > > > > Is the above line accurate, or should we improve it? > > > > Hmm, I'm not sure. > > > > This library is only a password hashing library today (and also in > > UNIX > > 6 :), but when it provided encrypt() function (from UNIX 7 to Glibc > > 2.27) it can really do "encryption and decryption" (in a broken way > > though). > > Thanks! > > I prefer to be on the safe side when it's about crypto stuff. Calling > it an encryption library when it should be considered as such, and > it's > unsafe as such, is hurting our readers. I prefer to call it "Hashing > library", after your response. Feel free to send a patch, or tell me > if you're busy and I'll prepare this one. > > > > > But I guess we can change "password and data encryption" to > > "password > > hashing", at least. > > Agree. Please send a patch, or ask me to do it myself. I've sent v2. -- Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University
