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authorNishant Limbachia <nishant@mnspace.net>2010-05-12 23:33:41 +0200
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+MCrypt is a replacement for the old crypt package and crypt command with
+extensions. It allows developers to use a wide range of encryption functions
+including encrypting files or data streams without having to be cryptographers.
+
+The companion to MCrypt is libmcrypt, which contains the actual encryption
+functions themselves and provides a standardized mechanism for accessing them.
+
+mcrypt and libmcrypt packages are recommended if you are using phpmyadmin for
+database administration.
+
+To actually use mcrypt, you would have to recompile php with the following
+config switch: "--with-mcrypt=shared,/usr/bin"