Hi Ryan, Thanks I think I get what you're saying, going to change
tomorrow, gtg, Thanks !
On Dec 22, 2:02 am, Ryan Schmidt <google-2...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 11:42, John Maxim wrote:
>
>
>
> > the controller register function code is here:
>
> > function register()
> > {
> > if (!empty($this->data))
> > {
> > $this->data['User']['password'] = md5($this->data['User']
> > ['password']);
>
> > if ($this->User->save($this->data))
>
> > {
> > $this->Session->setFlash('Your registration
> > information was
> > accepted.');
> > $this->Session->write('user',
> > $this->data['User']['username']);
> > $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'),
> > null, true);
>
> > }else{
> > $this->data['User']['password'] = '';
> > $this->Session->setFlash('There was a problem saving
> > this information');
> > }
> > }
>
> > }
>
> > --------------
> > I know already some veterans here have suggested Auth but I'm in a bit
> > rush to complete a milestone and have a meeting, at least something
> > going on what I initially started, I'd be using Auth after I fix this
> > thing, is Md5 above wrongly used ?
>
> > Does it affect my validation model code ? Why is it always triggered
> > even though the same passwords for both fields are entered ?
>
> As I said in my previous message, use Security::hash(). Do not use md5(). If
> you want Security::hash() to use the md5 algorithm internally, use
> "Security::setHash('md5');" in your config file.
>
> Security::hash() doesn't just call the requested hash function on the given
> data; it also makes use of the salt specified in your config file. That's why
> it doesn't match what you get when you just call md5() manually without the
> salt.
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