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@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@ 2018-06-29 Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> + * crypt/crypt.h, posix/unistd.h: Update comments and + prototypes for crypt and crypt_r. + + * manual/crypt.texi (Cryptographic Functions): New initial + exposition. + (crypt): Section renamed to 'Passphrase Storage'. Full rewrite. + (Unpredictable Bytes): Improve initial exposition. Clarify error + behavior of getentropy and getrandom. + * manual/examples/genpass.c: Generate a salt using getentropy + instead of the current time. Use hash $5$ (SHA-2-256). + * manual/examples/testpass.c: Demonstrate validation against + hashes generated with three different one-way functions. + + * manual/intro.texi: crypt.texi does not need an overview + anymore. + + * manual/nss.texi, manual/memory.texi, manual/socket.texi + * manual/terminal.texi: Consistently refer to "passphrases" + * instead of "passwords", and to the "user database" instead + * of the "password database". + * manual/users.texi: Similarly. Add notes about how actual + passphrase hashes are now stored in the shadow database. + Remove 20-year-old junk todo note. + +2018-06-29 Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> + * manual/crypt.texi: Use a normal top-level @node declaration. Move most of the introductory text to the 'crypt' section. Move the example programs below the @deftypefun for 'crypt_r'. |