From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:14:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Pod fix from Philip Newton. X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e2ffcbee9e186d24888a8a811664acb9d44c042;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Pod fix from Philip Newton. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18991 --- diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 8c5ee81..d1b4d29 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ cryptography. (For that, see your nearby CPAN mirror.) When verifying an existing encrypted string you should use the encrypted text as the salt (like C<crypt($plain, $crypted) eq -$crypted>). This allows your code to work with the standard L<crypt|\crypt> +$crypted>). This allows your code to work with the standard L<crypt|/crypt> and with more exotic implementations. In other words, do not assume anything about the returned string itself, or how many bytes in the encrypted string matter. @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ their own password: Of course, typing in your own password to whoever asks you for it is unwise. -The L<crypt|\crypt> function is unsuitable for encrypting large quantities +The L<crypt|/crypt> function is unsuitable for encrypting large quantities of data, not least of all because you can't get the information back. Look at the F<by-module/Crypt> and F<by-module/PGP> directories on your favorite CPAN mirror for a slew of potentially useful