commit 653376caa5d0b01456ec60a32485e11c80a8c60b
parent c3b626ed22f172767f6c59487c08c619592d157c
Author: Evgeny Grin (Karlson2k) <k2k@narod.ru>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:52:00 +0300
microhttpd: improved description for MHD_OPTION_DIGEST_AUTH_RANDOM
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/include/microhttpd.h b/src/include/microhttpd.h
@@ -1752,8 +1752,11 @@ enum MHD_OPTION
/**
* Memory pointer for the random values to be used by the Digest
* Auth module. This option should be followed by two arguments.
- * First an integer of type `size_t` which specifies the size
+ * First an integer of type `size_t` which specifies the size
* of the buffer pointed to by the second argument in bytes.
+ * The recommended size is between 8 and 32. If size is four or less
+ * then security could be lowered. Sizes more then 32 (or, probably
+ * more than 16 - debatable) will not increase security.
* Note that the application must ensure that the buffer of the
* second argument remains allocated and unmodified while the
* daemon is running.