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Re: Re: script credentials
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:45:16 -0500
Take a look at the mcrypt perl module as it would handle it easily for you: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MCrypt/MCrypt.pm
Be careful of some of mcrypt's default parameters. For example, in the past, mcrypt used a feedback size of 8 bits for CFB mode. Jeff On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:01 PM, <jason.gerfen () gmail com> wrote:
If your working with perl and are worried about exposing your password through a config file (which you could limit access through with the proper permissions), or as noted above in regards to exposing the username, password information through arguments then you might want to utilize an encrypted version of the password within the config file. Take a look at the mcrypt perl module as it would handle it easily for you: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MCrypt/MCrypt.pm
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