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NAME

Text::Password::MD5 - generate and verify Password with unix_md5_crypt()

SYNOPSIS

 my $pwd = Text::Password::MD5->new();
 my( $raw, $hash ) = $pwd->genarate();          # list context is required
 my $input = $req->body_parameters->{passwd};
 my $data = $pwd->encrypt($input);              # salt is made automatically
 my $flag = $pwd->verify( $input, $data );

DESCRIPTION

Text::Password::MD5 is the part of Text::Password::AutoMigration.

DON'T USE directly.

Constructor and initialization

new()

No arguments are required. But you can set some parameters.

default

You can set default length with param 'default' like below:

 $pwd = Text::Pasword::AutoMiglation->new( default => 12 );
readablity

Or you can set default strength for password with param 'readablity'.

It must be a boolean, default is 1.

If it was set as 0, you can generate stronger passwords with generate().

 $pwd = Text::Pasword::AutoMiglation->new( readability => 0 );
 

Methods and Subroutines

verify( $raw, $hash )

returns true if the verification succeeds.

nonce($length)

generates the random strings with enough strength.

the length defaults to 8($self->default).

encrypt($raw)

returns hash with unix_md5_crypt().

salt will be made automatically.

generate($length)

genarates pair of new password and it's hash.

less readable characters(0Oo1Il|!2Zz5sS$6b9qCcKkUuVvWwXx.,:;~-^'"`) are forbidden unless $self->readability is 0.

the length defaults to 8($self->default).

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Yuki Yoshida(worthmine).

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Yuki Yoshida(worthmine) <worthmine!at!gmail.com>