From 89a3ad0b6e7cfd7bc5588e8bbf243e99a0b8562d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:06:03 -0300 Subject: * NEWS: Add note about FIPS mode. Wording suggested by Roland McGrath. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 490e4dca15..4d18638131 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ Version 2.17 the tty file descriptor in /dev/pts or /dev if /proc is not available. This allows creation of chroots without the procfs mounted on /proc. +* The `crypt' function now fails if passed salt bytes that violate the + specification for those values. On Linux, the `crypt' function will + consult /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled to determine if "FIPS mode" is + enabled, and fail on encrypted strings using the MD5 or DES algorithm + when the mode is enabled. + Version 2.16 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2