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1 | Authen-Passphrase-Scrypt version 0.001 | |
2 | ====================================== | |
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4 | This is experimental code, DO NOT USE in security-critical software. | |
5 | ||
6 | Scrypt is a key derivation function that was originally developed for | |
7 | use in the Tarsnap online backup system and is designed to be far more | |
8 | secure against hardware brute-force attacks than alternative functions | |
9 | such as PBKDF2 or bcrypt. | |
10 | ||
11 | Authen::Passphrase::Scrypt is a module for hashing and verifying | |
12 | passphrases using scrypt. It offers the same interface as | |
13 | Authen::Passphrase. It is not however possible to use this module from | |
14 | within Authen::Passphrase. | |
15 | ||
16 | INSTALLATION | |
17 | ||
18 | To install this module type the following: | |
19 | ||
20 | perl Makefile.PL | |
21 | make | |
22 | make test | |
23 | make install | |
24 | ||
25 | DEPENDENCIES | |
26 | ||
27 | This module requires these other modules and libraries: | |
28 | ||
29 | * OpenSSL (-lcrypto) | |
30 | * Authen::Passphrase | |
31 | * Class::Accessor::Fast | |
32 | * Data::Entropy::Algorithms | |
33 | ||
34 | COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE | |
35 | ||
36 | Copyright (C) 2017 by Marius Gavrilescu | |
37 | ||
38 | This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
39 | it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.24.1 or, | |
40 | at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. | |
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