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@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Security
This page describes some "best practices" regarding web security, and
details CodeIgniter's internal security features.
+.. note:: If you came here looking for a security contact, please refer to
+ our `Contribution Guide <../contributing/index>`.
+
URI Security
============
@@ -130,12 +133,7 @@ with that. Please read below.
in PHP's own `Password Hashing <http://php.net/password>`_ functions.
Please use them, even if you're not running PHP 5.5+, CodeIgniter
- provides them for you as long as you're running at least PHP version
- 5.3.7 (and if you don't meet that requirement - please, upgrade).
-
- If you're one of the really unlucky people who can't even upgrade to a
- more recent PHP version, use `hash_pbkdf() <http://php.net/hash_pbkdf2>`,
- which we also provide in our compatibility layer.
+ provides them for you.
- DO NOT ever display or send a password in plain-text format!