[Phpmyadmin-devel] about the mcrypt requirement

[Marc Delisle]

Michal Čihař a écrit :
> Hi
> 
> Dne Thu, 26 Jun 2014 05:50:01 -0400
> Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):
> 
>> in the doc, we mention that mcrypt is required on 64-bit servers. I
>> believe it's no longer true since we replaced the blowfish PHP-based
>> library with phpseclib.
>>
>> Therefore I would like, for the upcoming 4.2.5 release, to remove this
>> requirement in the doc, and even the mcrypt warning; on my 64-bit
>> laptop, I see no difference in page loading without mcrypt.
> 
> Indeed phpseclib is much faster that the horde implementation we've in
> past. Also the 64-bit differentiation makes no longer sense. But I'd
> still keep recommendation for mcrypt as it still performs better than
> phpseclib. The question is how strong to make it...

In my tests, I found that the phpseclib implementation performs 
adequately, so I would prefer removing this red warning on the home page.

We can still say in the doc "When using the cookie authentication (the 
default), the mcrypt extension is strongly suggested."

-- 
Marc Delisle (phpMyAdmin)