sub get_magic_token {
    my $self=shift;
    my $token=LocalSites::Crypt::encrypt_string(join '|',$self->id(), $self->username(), $self->password());
    return $token;
}

##</code><code>##

sub encrypt_string {
    my $clear_string=shift;
    my ($prepend, $key ) = &_secret_vals();
    $key = pack( "H32", $key );
    my $cipher=new Crypt::CBC( $key, 'IDEA' );
    my $crypt_string=$cipher->encrypt_hex( $clear_string );
    return $crypt_string;
}

##</code><code>##

sub decode_magic_token {
    my $self=shift;
    my $token=shift;
    return 0 unless $token;
    my $decrypted=LocalSites::Crypt::decrypt_string($token);
    my ($id,$username,$password)=split /\|/, $decrypted;
    return $id;
}

##</code><code>##

sub decrypt_string {
    my $crypt_string=shift;
    my ( $prepend, $key ) = &_secret_vals();
    $key = pack( "H32", $key );
    my $cipher=new Crypt::CBC( $key, 'IDEA' );
    my $clear_string=$cipher->decrypt_hex( $crypt_string );
    return $clear_string;
}

##</code><code>##

sub decode_magic_token {
    my $self=shift;
    my $token=shift;
    return 0 unless $token;
    my ($id, $username, $password);
    eval {
        my $decrypted=LocalSites::Crypt::decrypt_string($token);
        ($id,$username,$password)=split /\|/, $decrypted;
    };
    if (@$) {
        return 0;
    } else {
        return $id;
    }
}