[Tickets #7447] Re: Audit for inappropriate use of mt_rand()

[bugs at horde.org]

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT MONITORED.

Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7447
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Ticket             | 7447
  Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
  Summary            | Audit for inappropriate use of mt_rand()
  Queue              | Horde Base
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Assigned
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          | 4.0
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Horde Developers, Chuck Hagenbuch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2011-04-04 22:04) wrote:

In Horde_Auth::getSalt(), we always use an MD5 hash as the basis for  
the salt, unless a seed is specified. What I don't get is, why we  
sometimes hash mt_rand() directly, and sometimes 2 or 3 calls to  
mt_rand(), converted to hex strings?