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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst | 9 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index e2b37561a..8492be289 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0 - Fixed a bug (#2737) - :doc:`XML-RPC Library <libraries/xmlrpc>` used objects as array keys, which triggered E_NOTICE messages. - Fixed a bug (#2729) - :doc:`Security Library <libraries/security>` internal method ``_validate_entities()`` used overly-intrusive ``preg_replace()`` patterns that produced false-positives. - Fixed a bug (#2771) - :doc:`Security Library <libraries/security>` method ``xss_clean()`` didn't take into account HTML5 entities. -- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` 'cookie' driver where authentication was not performed for encrypted cookies. - Fixed a bug (#2856) - ODBC method ``affected_rows()`` passed an incorrect value to ``odbc_num_rows()``. - Fixed a bug (#43) :doc:`Image Manipulation Library <libraries/image_lib>` method ``text_watermark()`` didn't properly determine watermark placement. - Fixed a bug where :doc:`HTML Table Library <libraries/table>` ignored its *auto_heading* setting if headings were not already set. @@ -743,6 +742,7 @@ Release Date: June 2, 2014 - General Changes - Security: :doc:`Encrypt Library <libraries/encrypt>` method ``xor_encode()`` has been removed. The Encrypt Class now requires the Mcrypt extension to be installed. + - Security: The :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` now uses HMAC authentication instead of a simple MD5 checksum. Bug fixes for 2.2.0 ------------------- @@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ Bug fixes for 2.2.0 - Fixed a bug (#696) - make ``oci_execute()`` calls inside ``num_rows()`` non-committing, since they are only there to reset which row is next in line for oci_fetch calls and thus don't need to be committed. - Fixed a bug (#2689) - :doc:`Database Force <database/forge>` methods ``create_table()``, ``drop_table()`` and ``rename_table()`` produced broken SQL for tge 'sqlsrv' driver. - Fixed a bug (#2427) - PDO :doc:`Database driver <database/index>` didn't properly check for query failures. +- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` where authentication was not performed for encrypted cookies. Version 2.1.4 ============= diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst index faff39975..6b65099a6 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/encrypt.rst @@ -2,13 +2,8 @@ Encrypt Class ############# -The Encrypt Class provides two-way data encryption. It uses a scheme -that either compiles the message using a randomly hashed bitwise XOR -encoding scheme, or is encrypted using the Mcrypt library. If Mcrypt is -not available on your server the encoded message will still provide a -reasonable degree of security for encrypted sessions or other such -"light" purposes. If Mcrypt is available, you'll be provided with a high -degree of security appropriate for storage. +The Encrypt Class provides two-way data encryption. It encrypted using +the Mcrypt PHP extension, which is required for the Encrypt Class to run. .. important:: This library has been DEPRECATED and is only kept for backwards compatibility. Please use the new :doc:`Encryption Library |