$ perl bcrypt_2a
Plain password is bcrypt as $2a$10$q4VIJI0lTJBh4O6Kfo/f/uwvN4CQWPbFutc8hO8bKmn3Rz6qV4xcS
Valid Password password

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$ perl bcrypt_2y
bad bcrypt settings at bcrypt_2y line 22

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#!/usr/bin/perl

# File: bcrypt_2a

use Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt;
use Crypt::Random;

$password = 'password';
$encrypted = encrypt_password($password);

print "Plain $password is bcrypt as $encrypted\n";

if (check_password($password, $encrypted)) {
  print "Valid Password $password\n" 
}
 
sub encrypt_password {
  my $password = shift;
  my $salt = shift || salt();
  my $settings = '$2a$10$'.$salt; 
  return Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt::bcrypt($password, $settings);
}
 
sub check_password {
  my ($plain_password, $hashed_password) = @_;
 
  # Regex to extract the salt
  if ($hashed_password =~ m!^\$2a\$10\$([A-Za-z0-9+\\\.\/]{22})!) {
    # Use a letter by letter match rather than a complete string match to avoid timing attacks
    my $match = encrypt_password($plain_password, $1);
    my $bad = 0;
    for (my $n=0; $n < length $match; $n++) {
      $bad++ if substr($match, $n, 1) ne substr($hashed_password, $n, 1);
    }
    return $bad == 0;
  } 
  else {
    return 0;
  }
}
 
# Return a random salt
sub salt {
  return Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt::en_base64(Crypt::Random::makerandom_octet(Length=>16));
} 

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#!/usr/bin/perl

# File: bcrypt_2y

use Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt;
use Crypt::Random;

$password = 'password';
$encrypted = encrypt_password($password);
# from another program, a bcrypt 2y of 'password' = '$2y$10$iG2fZoSKzWUVn65cMDGL0uG8sWvy0G0G2Z/1Fll7zcBvEIOvn8qLG';

print "Plain $password is bcrypt as $encrypted\n";

if (check_password($password, $encrypted)) {
  print "Valid Password $password\n" 
}
 
sub encrypt_password {
  my $password = shift;
  my $salt = shift || salt();
  my $settings = '$2y$10$'.$salt; 
  return Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt::bcrypt($password, $settings);
}
 
sub check_password {
  my ($plain_password, $hashed_password) = @_;
 
  # Regex to extract the salt
  if ($hashed_password =~ m!^\$2y\$10\$([A-Za-z0-9+\\\.\/]{22})!) {
    # Use a letter by letter match rather than a complete string match to avoid timing attacks
    my $match = encrypt_password($plain_password, $1);
    my $bad = 0;
    for (my $n=0; $n < length $match; $n++) {
      $bad++ if substr($match, $n, 1) ne substr($hashed_password, $n, 1);
    }
    return $bad == 0;
  } 
  else {
    return 0;
  }
}
 
# Return a random salt
sub salt {
  return Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt::en_base64(Crypt::Random::makerandom_octet(Length=>16));
}