I agree, however this isn't for use in checking a password that a user supplied. It's for listing passwords that are stored in the database for an application that manages host information. Which is why I am using Blowfish to encrypt them instead of doing a SHA1 or MD5 hash.

Also in this database are IP addresses that have been stored in a packed() format (by a previous developer). So my question also applies to them, and is not just strictly for the passwords.

IE:
The ip needs to be unpacked when it is read from the database, and then packed again before it is stored. So that I can keep my CDBI code transparent to the fact that this stuff is going on behind the scenes:

# to find the row that has this ip.
my $obj = MyModule->search(ip => "127.0.0.1");

# or to print out the ip
print $obj->ip;

# or to update the ip...
$obj->ip("192.168.0.1");
$obj->update();

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I suppose I can always make methods like decode_ip, encode_ip, encrypt_password, etc... I just thought it'd be good to have it part of my CDBI class to make sure that the data gets written into the database in the correctly (ie: no passwords accidentally stored unecrypted because of a forgotten method call)

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