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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_200.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst (renamed from user_guide_src/source/libraries/encryption.rst) | 0 |
4 files changed, 32 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index 4a54593f0..1e43ab23c 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ Release Date: Not Released - Libraries + - Added a new :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>` to replace the old, largely insecure :doc:`Encrypt Library <libraries/encrypt>`. + + - :doc:`Encrypt Library <libraries/encrypt>` changes include: + + - Deprecated the library in favor of the new :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>`. + - Added support for hashing algorithms other than SHA1 and MD5. + - Removed previously deprecated ``sha1()`` method. + - :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` changes include: - Library changed to :doc:`Driver <general/drivers>` with classic 'cookie' driver as the default. @@ -360,11 +368,6 @@ Release Date: Not Released - Added $config['reuse_query_string'] to allow automatic repopulation of query string arguments, combined with normal URI segments. - Removed the default `` `` from a number of the configuration variables. - - :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>` changes include: - - - Added support for hashing algorithms other than SHA1 and MD5. - - Removed previously deprecated ``sha1()`` method. - - :doc:`Profiler Library <general/profiling>` changes include: - Database object names are now being displayed. @@ -579,7 +582,7 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0 - Fixed a bug (#1264) - :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>` and :doc:`Database Utilities <database/utilities>` didn't update/reset the databases and tables list cache when a table or a database is created, dropped or renamed. - Fixed a bug (#7) - :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` method ``join()`` only escaped one set of conditions. - Fixed a bug (#1321) - ``CI_Exceptions`` couldn't find the *errors/* directory in some cases. -- Fixed a bug (#1202) - :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>` ``encode_from_legacy()`` didn't set back the encrypt mode on failure. +- Fixed a bug (#1202) - :doc:`Encrypt Library <libraries/encrypt>` ``encode_from_legacy()`` didn't set back the encrypt mode on failure. - Fixed a bug (#145) - :doc:`Database Class <database/index>` method ``compile_binds()`` failed when the bind marker was present in a literal string within the query. - Fixed a bug in :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` method ``protect_identifiers()`` where if passed along with the field names, operators got escaped as well. - Fixed a bug (#10) - :doc:`URI Library <libraries/uri>` internal method ``_detect_uri()`` failed with paths containing a colon. @@ -1295,7 +1298,7 @@ Hg Tag: v2.0.0 - Documented append_output() in the :doc:`Output Class <libraries/output>`. - Documented a second argument in the decode() function for the - :doc:`Encryption Class <libraries/encryption>`. + :doc:`Encrypt Class <libraries/encrypt>`. - Documented db->close(). - Updated the router to support a default route with any number of segments. diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_200.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_200.rst index 29f44bd9e..948b1bc58 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_200.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_200.rst @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ to :: Step 4: Update stored encrypted data ==================================== -.. note:: If your application does not use the Encryption library, does +.. note:: If your application does not use the Encrypt library, does not store Encrypted data permanently, or is on an environment that does not support Mcrypt, you may skip this step. -The Encryption library has had a number of improvements, some for +The Encrypt library has had a number of improvements, some for encryption strength and some for performance, that has an unavoidable consequence of making it no longer possible to decode encrypted data produced by the original version of this library. To help with the @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ replace stale encrypted data with fresh in your applications, either on the fly or en masse. Please read `how to use this -method <../libraries/encryption.html#legacy>`_ in the Encryption library +method <../libraries/encrypt.html#legacy>`_ in the Encrypt library documentation. Step 5: Remove loading calls for the compatibility helper. diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst index 292c1de9d..59df7c303 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ The SHA1 library The previously deprecated SHA1 library has been removed, alter your code to use PHP's native ``sha1()`` function to generate a SHA1 hash. -Additionally, the ``sha1()`` method in the :doc:`Encryption Library <../libraries/encryption>` has been removed. +Additionally, the ``sha1()`` method in the :doc:`Encrypt Library <../libraries/encrypt>` has been removed. The EXT constant ================ @@ -333,6 +333,24 @@ Smiley helper js_insert_smiley() :doc:`Smiley Helper <../helpers/smiley_helper>` function ``js_insert_smiley()`` has been deprecated since CodeIgniter 1.7.2 and is now removed. You'll need to switch to ``smiley_js()`` instead. +The Encrypt library +=================== + +Following numerous vulnerability reports, the :doc:`Encrypt Library <../libraries/encrypt>` has +been deprecated and a new, :doc:`Encryption Library <../libraries/encryption>` is added to take +its place. + +The new library requires either the `MCrypt extension <http://php.net/mcrypt>`_ (and /dev/urandom +availability) or PHP 5.3.3 and the `OpenSSL extension <http://php.net/openssl>`_. +While this might be rather inconvenient, it is a requirement that allows us to have properly +implemented cryptographic functions. + +.. note:: The :doc:`Encrypt Library <../libraries/encrypt>` is still available for the purpose + of keeping backwards compatibility. + +.. important:: You are strongly encouraged to switch to the new :doc:`Encryption Library + <../libraries/encryption>` as soon as possible! + Database drivers 'mysql', 'sqlite', 'mssql', 'pdo/dblib' ======================================================== diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encryption.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst index 567a1e990..567a1e990 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encryption.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst |