Changeset 502 for trunk/lib/Utilities.inc.php

Timestamp:

Dec 30, 2014 10:24:51 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

Message:

Many minor fixes during pulso development

File:

• trunk/lib/Utilities.inc.php (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/lib/Utilities.inc.php

@@ -941 +941 @@
 /**
  * Signs a value using md5 and a simple text key. In order for this
- * function to be useful (i.e. secure) the key must be kept secret, which
+ * function to be useful (i.e. secure) the salt must be kept secret, which
  * means keeping it as safe as database credentials. Putting it into an
  * environment variable set in httpd.conf is a good place.
- *
- * TODO: consider using more bits-per-character, such as done with:
- * http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sha1.php#86239
- * http://blog.kevburnsjr.com/php-unique-hash
  *
  * @access  public
@@ -999 +995 @@
  * @param   string  $signed_val A value with appended signature.
  * @param   string  $salt       (Optional) A text key to use for computing the signature.
+ * @param   string  $length (Optional) The length of the added signature.
  * @return  bool    True if the signature matches the var.
  */