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
check( $password, $encrypted )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
SUPPORTED PASSWORD FORMATS
Plain
Plaintext
Crypt
Crypt Modular
$1$
MD5-based password algorithm
$apr$
MD5-based password algorithm, Apache variant
LDAP
{CLEARTEXT}
Plaintext.
{CRYPT}
Uses crypt(3)
{MD5}
MD5 algorithm
{SMD5}
Seeded MD5 algorithm
{SHA}
SHA-1 algorithm
{SSHA}
Seeded SHA-1 algorithm
MD5 algorithm
Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
SHA-1 algorithm
Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
SHA-2 256 algorithm
Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
SEE ALSO
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.