From 2e104e22ea23478e3d7cd6113dba340533140e41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Weber Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:06:27 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] system cfg: update mkpasswd SHA option txt This patch drops the comment about checking the C libraries version as they now all support it by default glibc 2.7+ uclibc (bdd8362a88 package/uclibc: defconfig: enable sha-256...) musl 1.1.14+ Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- system/Config.in | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in index 9e34f11b6c..e33568f7ed 100644 --- a/system/Config.in +++ b/system/Config.in @@ -81,20 +81,12 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_MD5 config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA256 bool "sha-256" help - Use SHA256 to encode passwords. - - Very strong, but not ubiquitous, although available in glibc - for some time now. Choose only if you are sure your C library - understands SHA256 passwords. + Use SHA256 to encode passwords which is stronger than MD5. config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA512 bool "sha-512" help - Use SHA512 to encode passwords. - - Extremely strong, but not ubiquitous, although available in - glibc for some time now. Choose only if you are sure your C - library understands SHA512 passwords. + Use SHA512 to encode passwords which is stronger than SHA256 endchoice # Passwd encoding -- 2.30.2