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Re: Replacing crypt() for password login via a digest - looking for stronger alternative

by davebaker (Pilgrim)
on Jun 17, 2021 at 17:27 UTC ( [id://11133964]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Replacing crypt() for password login via a digest - looking for stronger alternative

I settled on:

use Crypt::SaltedHash; # Individual registers as a new user, supplying a username # and a password/passphrase in a form on a web page. # But, for illustration: my $desired_password = 'Owning 2 boats is 1 boat too many!'; my $csh = Crypt::SaltedHash->new(algorithm => 'SHA-256'); $csh->add($desired_password); my $digest = $csh->generate; # Some might prefer to call 'digest' # something like 'hash_string' instead # Then the value of $digest is stored to a file or database # along with the corresponding username (not shown). # # By the way, for the $desired_password shown, the digest that # was generated is this string: # # {SSHA256}rn8PJZd//2EsEgHTBQ0izsN2T7AJMsLRH19oLIA5unaf8OaJ # # ...but it would be very different for you, because Crypt::SaltedHash # randomizes the "salt" used in the creation of the digest. And it # would be very different for me, if this script were to be run a # second time, even though it would be processing the same 'Owning 2 # boats is 1 boat too many!' desired password.

In another program, when the individual enters a username and a password/passphrase into a login form:

use Crypt::SaltedHash; my $asserted_password = ___; # Some process to retrieve the value # entered on a web form by the user, not illustrated here my $digest = ___; # Some retrieval process that looks up the earlier-s +tored # digest corresponding to the username, not illustrated here my $is_valid = Crypt::SaltedHash->validate( $digest, $asserted_passwor +d ); grant_account_access() if ( $is_valid );

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