Just a short note: I added SHA support to the Unix crypt implementation in glibc. The reason for all this (including replies to the extended "NIH" complaints) can be found here .| udrepper.livejournal.com
In the last weeks I have seen far too much code which reads directory content in horribly inefficient ways to let this slide. Programmers really have to learn doing this efficiently. Some of the instances I've seen are in code which runs frequently. Frequently as in once per second. Doing it right…| udrepper.livejournal.com