Bug 30593

Summary: Should we switch from Modular Crypt Format to PHC string format
Product: Koha Reporter: Martin Renvoize (ashimema) <martin.renvoize>
Component: Architecture, internals, and plumbingAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: chris, jake.deery, tomascohen
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Martin Renvoize (ashimema) 2022-04-22 07:14:21 UTC
When we switched from MD5 to Bcrypt we updated our storage to use Modular Crypt Format.. a new scheme now exists with minor improvements called PHC String Format.

Switching to PHC should allow us to support newer crypt cyphers easily, including argon2
Comment 1 Martin Renvoize (ashimema) 2022-04-22 07:15:26 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Martin Renvoize (ashimema) 2022-04-22 07:15:59 UTC
For the uninitiated this isn't a bad writeup: https://passlib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/modular_crypt_format.html