Authen::Simple::Password(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Authen::Simple::Password(3pm)NAME
Authen::Simple::Password - Simple password checking
SYNOPSIS
if ( Authen::Simple::Password->check( $password, $encrypted ) ) {
# OK
}
DESCRIPTION
Provides a simple way to verify passwords.
METHODS
o check( $password, $encrypted )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
SUPPORTED PASSWORD FORMATS
o Plain
Plaintext
o Crypt
crypt(3)
o Crypt Modular
o $1$
MD5-based password algorithm
o $apr$
MD5-based password algorithm, Apache variant
o LDAP
o {CLEARTEXT}
Plaintext.
o {CRYPT}
Uses crypt(3)
o {MD5}
MD5 algorithm
o {SMD5}
Seeded MD5 algorithm
o {SHA}
SHA-1 algorithm
o {SSHA}
Seeded SHA-1 algorithm
o MD5 algorithm
Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
o SHA-1 algorithm
Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
o SHA-2 256 algorithm
Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
SEE ALSO
Authen::Simple
crypt(3).
AUTHOR
Christian Hansen "chansen@cpan.org"
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.14.2 2012-04-19 Authen::Simple::Password(3pm)
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Authen::Simple(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Authen::Simple(3pm)NAME
Authen::Simple - Simple Authentication
SYNOPSIS
use Authen::Simple;
use Authen::Simple::Kerberos;
use Authen::Simple::SMB;
my $simple = Authen::Simple->new(
Authen::Simple::Kerberos->new( realm => 'REALM.COMPANY.COM' ),
Authen::Simple::SMB->new( domain => 'DOMAIN', pdc => 'PDC' )
);
if ( $simple->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
# successfull authentication
}
DESCRIPTION
Simple and consistent framework for authentication.
METHODS
o new
This method takes an array of "Authen::Simple" adapters. Required.
o authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
SEE ALSO
Authen::Simple::ActiveDirectory.
Authen::Simple::CDBI.
Authen::Simple::DBI.
Authen::Simple::FTP.
Authen::Simple::HTTP.
Authen::Simple::Kerberos.
Authen::Simple::LDAP.
Authen::Simple::NIS.
Authen::Simple::PAM.
Authen::Simple::Passwd.
Authen::Simple::POP3.
Authen::Simple::RADIUS.
Authen::Simple::SMB.
Authen::Simple::SMTP.
Authen::Simple::SSH.
AUTHOR
Christian Hansen "chansen@cpan.org"
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.14.2 2012-04-19 Authen::Simple(3pm)
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