[Nh-pm] encryption recommendation

[Andrew Brosnan]

On 8/4/03 at 10:14 AM, ben at blackavar.com (Ben Boulanger) wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 09:25, Andrew Brosnan wrote:
> > Can someone recommend a method or module for encrypting and
> > decrypting 
> > strings(passwords)? I'm a little overwhelmed by the choices on the
> > CPAN, some of which have quite a long list of dependencies.
> 
> If you're looking for simple, I just use the crypt routine.  Here's
> sample code:
> 
> my $salt = &generate_random_salt;
> my $password = crypt($password, $salt);
> 
> sub generate_random_salt {
>         my @range = ('A'..'Z','a'..'z','0'..'9','.','/');
>         my $highest_array_value = $#range;
>         my $random_number1 = rand $highest_array_value;
>         my $random_number2 = rand $highest_array_value;
>         my $return_salt = $range[$random_number1] .
> $range[$random_number2];
>         return $return_salt;
> }
> 
> 

That just does one way encryption. I need decryption too.