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Ask HN: Open source and auth
1 point by jcun4128 on Dec 13, 2018 | hide | past | favorite
I was wondering if you were intending to share an entire application open source that is also currently running, is it a bad idea to share the auth mechanism. It could show vulnerabilities which is good if people are pointing it out/telling you about it versus exploiting it.

Context is PHP password_compat instead of say "off the shelf" auth with something like Laravel.



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