Re: Non matching encrypted string

Could it be that different seeds are being used? But why go through the trouble of comparing the encrypted passwords? Why not compare $p1 and $p2, and don't even bother with the encryption if they differ?

Abigail

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Re: Re: Non matching encrypted string by hardburn (Abbot) on Oct 09, 2003 at 16:24 UTC
Could it be that different seeds are being used? There's no point to using CBC mode if the seeds are the same :) So yes, the only way to do it is to check the passwords before encrypting. Which is what should have been done in the first place. ---- I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident. -- Schemer Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated	[reply]

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Re: Re: Non matching encrypted string
by hardburn (Abbot) on Oct 09, 2003 at 16:24 UTC

Could it be that different seeds are being used?

There's no point to using CBC mode if the seeds are the same :)

So yes, the only way to do it is to check the passwords before encrypting. Which is what should have been done in the first place.

----
I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident.
-- Schemer

Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated

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