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ID: 50815 Updated by: and...@php.net Reported by: jd at cpanel dot net Summary: Implement 323 short password hash fallback in mysqlnd Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: MySQL related Operating System: any PHP Version: 5.3.1 Assigned To: mysql Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: There is no such thing as discouraging. It is about updating the credentials, so they are more secure. Just use SET PASSWORD and hash the password again. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-26 17:18:09] toddr at cpanel dot net If you want to discourage use of the short password method, couldn't you just add a configure option to enable this and disable it by default? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-26 17:11:47] toddr at cpanel dot net If all MySQL 5 versions support this hashing scheme, Aren't you kinda overriding a user decision to enable short passwords on their MySQL server? It's also not clear when the failure happens what the problem is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-27 06:00:08] ahar...@php.net Fix up the package to make this easier to search for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-26 13:31:35] u...@php.net We mysql guys have no plans adding old insecure password stuff to mysqlnd. As it is assigned to us/me, I'm changing status to what shall be status from our/my perspective: won't fix. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-03 16:57:40] chris at geartech dot org I am running into this issue with mysqlnd as well; at my work we must keep old passwords on a few daemons to ensure backwards compatibility with proprietary software. MySQL's website (checking the 5.1 & 5.5 documentation) doesn't have the old password format deprecated in the newer versions, it's merely discouraged. While I agree that it is an insecure format and deprecating/removing support of it would be ideal, but it seems like support for this password scheme will exist in (major) future versions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50815 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50815&edit=1