[sr-dev] git:master: modules_k/cfgutils: Added note about the core_hash function not being secure to the README

Peter Dunkley peter.dunkley at crocodile-rcs.com
Thu Mar 29 22:56:26 CEST 2012


Module: sip-router
Branch: master
Commit: 48e2695dfb8a0a45e09ff555121a53293bddda3c
URL:    http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=48e2695dfb8a0a45e09ff555121a53293bddda3c

Author: Peter Dunkley <peter.dunkley at crocodile-rcs.com>
Committer: Peter Dunkley <peter.dunkley at crocodile-rcs.com>
Date:   Thu Mar 29 21:56:00 2012 +0100

modules_k/cfgutils: Added note about the core_hash function not being secure to the README

---

 modules_k/cfgutils/README                 |    4 ++++
 modules_k/cfgutils/doc/cfgutils_admin.xml |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules_k/cfgutils/README b/modules_k/cfgutils/README
index 694cf74..7df91b1 100644
--- a/modules_k/cfgutils/README
+++ b/modules_k/cfgutils/README
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ unlock("$rU");
    Exported function that enables the core_hash() function to be used from
    the configuration file.
 
+   This is a quick and simple hash function and it is not
+   cryptographically secure. This function should not be used for any
+   security related purposes.
+
    Parameters:
      * “string1” first string to hash
      * “string2” (optional) second string to hash (set to "" if not
diff --git a/modules_k/cfgutils/doc/cfgutils_admin.xml b/modules_k/cfgutils/doc/cfgutils_admin.xml
index f391e1d..1ae6192 100644
--- a/modules_k/cfgutils/doc/cfgutils_admin.xml
+++ b/modules_k/cfgutils/doc/cfgutils_admin.xml
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ unlock("$rU");
 		Exported function that enables the core_hash() function to be used
 		from the configuration file.
 		</para>
+		<para>
+		This is a quick and simple hash function and it is not
+		cryptographically secure.  This function should not be used for
+		any security related purposes.
+		</para>
 		<para>Parameters:</para>
 		<itemizedlist>
 			<listitem>




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