best encryption module

[clayton cottingham aka drfrog <dr...@smartt.com>]

whats the best encryption module for use with mod perl?
i want to encrypt passwords store in a db and then be able to check 
what a users inputs against it

Re: best encryption module

[Rudy R <ru...@monkeybrains.net>]

Probably, you don't even need (or want) to encrypt the password. 
Rather, all you want is a MAC for the password the user supplies.  In
this case, use MD5.

Rudy

clayton cottingham aka drfrog wrote:
> 
> whats the best encryption module for use with mod perl?
> i want to encrypt passwords store in a db and then be able to check
> what a users inputs against it

Re: best encryption module

[Matt Carothers <ma...@telepath.com>]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, clayton cottingham aka drfrog wrote:

> whats the best encryption module for use with mod perl?
> i want to encrypt passwords store in a db and then be able to check 
> what a users inputs against it

Perl has a built-in crypt() function.  The actual encryption algorithm used
depends on your system's C library.  Older systems still use 56-bit DES.  
Newer ones may use something stronger like MD5 or Blowfish.  See your crypt(3)
manpage and `perldoc -f crypt` for more information.

- Matt