Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > What would be involved in providing a Unix-compatible crypt()
> > function?
>
> Snagging the source for crypt and making it available to perl.
> You could do it entirely in perl, I'm sure, or use an XS interface
> to an existing C crypt implementation. Which would be better depends
> on whether you have source and how many crypts you need per second.
It has already been done. Look at CPAN for Crypt::UnixCrypt - pure Perl.
I once implemented it for the Non-ActiveState, Non-libdes Win32 perl
implementations, but it should work on VMS also.
cu,
Martin
P.S.: Sorry for the late answer - I've been away for a week, and still
in catchup mode.
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