Re: Re^3: Perl sources and crypt()

Yes you did. crypt is a builtin perl function. Because of the reasons gmpassos lists, there is no reason not to include the sourcecode to crypt with the perl source.

It has nothing to do with actually using crypt as a form of encryption over SH1 or whatnot (it's not about cryptograpy, but about including the sourcecode for a builtin perl function).

Get it now? -- BTW, best form of encryption is a bitwise or (it's not, but who cares, that's not at argument here)

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Re^5: Perl sources and crypt() by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 21, 2003 at 22:48 UTC
And you missed that the other reason for posting is that gmpassos wants to be able to use crypt() for password checking in web apps. So regardless of whether crypt() is actually included or not there are better things out there that should be used anyway. I suppose this is like having dbmopen() in core — there are people who would miss it were it to disappear (given that I understand things like DB_File replace it) but new development shouldn't be using it anyway. Seeking Green geeks in Minnesota	[reply]

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Re^5: Perl sources and crypt()
by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 21, 2003 at 22:48 UTC

And you missed that the other reason for posting is that gmpassos wants to be able to use crypt() for password checking in web apps. So regardless of whether crypt() is actually included or not there are better things out there that should be used anyway. I suppose this is like having dbmopen() in core — there are people who would miss it were it to disappear (given that I understand things like DB_File replace it) but new development shouldn't be using it anyway.

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