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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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