[xen-tools-dev] [PATCH 07/17] Encrypt root password with sha256 by default.

[Stéphane Jourdois]

Le 25/07/2010 14:32, Dmitry Nedospasov a écrit :
> Technically, this is called "hashing" the password /not/ "encrypting"
> it.
>
> Maybe we should change this?

Hashing is a special case of encryption, one you cannot reverse. Feel 
free to change this if you wish, both are valid.

I chose encrypt because historically we crypt() passwords.

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