Authen...ssword(3pm)

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version 0.5 · 6 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 Authen::Simple::Password(3pm) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — it's the manual for Authen::Simple::Password, and honestly? it's giving "small module, big job." it does one thing and it does it slay. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

Authen::Simple::Password — Simple password checking. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

if ( Authen::Simple::Password->check( $password, $encrypted ) ) {
    # OK
}

like... look at that. one call. it just works. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

it provides a simple way to verify passwords. literally that's the description. it's short because the module knows what it is. main character energy, no filler.

🎀 METHODS 🎀

  • check( $password, $encrypted ) — returns true on success and false on failure. that's the whole API. she's lowkey minimal and highkey iconic for it.

🔥 SUPPORTED PASSWORD FORMATS 🔥

this is the part where she shows OFF. look at all these formats she can handle. obsessed. 😭

  • Plain — plaintext. no encryption, just vibes. yes bestie, raw.
  • Crypt — that's crypt(3). the classic.
  • 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. three fits, one algorithm. she contains multitudes ✨
  • SHA-1 algorithm — encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.
  • SHA-2 256 algorithm — encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read those too. do it for her. 🧚

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Christian Hansen <chansen@cpan.org> — thank u for ur service, legend 🌈

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

free as in freedom, bestie. go wild (respectfully). 🍓

and that's the page!! this one's from perl v5.32.0, dated 2021-01-02, and the manual's got that cute abbreviated name Authen...ssword(3pm) — iykyk 💖 mwah, go check some passwords responsibly 🌸

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