Re: Security question: AuthComponent and passwords

2008-10-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in rc3 i've big problem witch auth component ;< On 12 Paź, 19:00, "Bernhard J. M. Grün" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks for your response. > I already know that Security::hash() is used to generate the hash. But the > problem is that the hash is insecure (for passwords) in my eyes. Th

Re: Security question: AuthComponent and passwords

2008-10-12 Thread Bernhard J. M. Grün
Hi! Thanks for your response. I already know that Security::hash() is used to generate the hash. But the problem is that the hash is insecure (for passwords) in my eyes. The reason is that two passwords encrypt to the same hash (given the secret salt is the same which is the case). -- Bernhard J.

Re: Security question: AuthComponent and passwords

2008-10-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://api.cakephp.org/class_auth_component.html#216d4deefcd62ffeac5d9334b9cc2614 On Oct 11, 5:24 am, "Bernhard J. M. Grün" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Is it correct that the passwords created with the help of the AuthComponent > are not public hashed (i.e. only secret hashed)? At least

Security question: AuthComponent and passwords

2008-10-11 Thread Bernhard J. M. Grün
Hi! Is it correct that the passwords created with the help of the AuthComponent are not public hashed (i.e. only secret hashed)? At least in my test app it seems to be like that. If so this is a major security hole. Example: User Alice has password "test": 2dd357c503a6812e276096a306cca02852cc1e4f