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06/22/2018 05:32:41 PM (6 years ago)
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  • Ticket #44425, comment 2

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    11WordPress code does not contain "WP_CACHE_KEY_SALT" anywhere in it. Is this for a plugin or something? Seems like the plugin should generate the salt in this case.
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    3 Additionally, the WordPress API isn't generally used to generate these anymore, core generates these values itself on installation. The salt API still exists as a fallback, but hopefully the random-compat library is now considered random enough to not rely on external sources of entropy.
     3Additionally, the WordPress.org API isn't generally used to generate these anymore, core generates these values itself on installation. The salt API still exists as a fallback, but hopefully the random-compat library is now considered random enough to not rely on external sources of entropy.
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    55Also, if we were to modify the API, then we probably would want to add it to a 1.2 endpoint, not the existing 1.1 one. Just so we're not sending out values that are not actually needed.