https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9484757 read the entire thread for an ongoing series of "what the heck?". Some examples include: ================= This is well-known PHP-trick. Use === to right result. php > var_dump(md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO')); bool(true) php > var_dump(md5('240610708'), md5('QNKCDZO')); string(32) "0e462097431906509019562988736854" string(32) "0e830400451993494058024219903391" php > var_dump(md5('240610708') === md5('QNKCDZO')); bool(false) php > var_dump("0e462097431906509019562988736854" == "0e830400451993494058024219903391"); bool(true) php > var_dump("0e462097431906509019562988736854" === "0e830400451993494058024219903391"); bool(false) php > var_dump(md5('240610708') === md5('QNKCDZO')); bool(false) php > var_dump(md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO')); bool(true) php > var_dump(md5('240610708') === md5('QNKCDZO')); bool(false) ================= I'm guessing there is more than a bit of code that uses == to compare passwords/etc. Something to be aware of. -- Kurt Seifried -- Red Hat -- Product Security -- Cloud