phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] scripting memory (not so) high

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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:59:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Steve Thomas <steve@...tu.com>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Subject: Re: [PHC] scripting memory (not so) high

> On January 10, 2014 at 6:50 AM Bill Cox <waywardgeek@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>  A server running Drupal or any PHP back-end can almost always call a process
> in C to do key stretching.
> 
This is not the case for most cheap web hosting plans. It would go like this:

You: "Hey admin, can you install this executable on a shared web server for me.
It will increase the security for my web site."
Admin: "Uhh? NO!"
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