| 1 | Authen-Passphrase-Scrypt version 0.001001 |
| 2 | ========================================= |
| 3 | |
| 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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