NAME

       Authen::Simple::Password - Simple password checking

SYNOPSIS

           if ( Authen::Simple::Password->check( $password, $encrypted ) ) {
               # OK
           }

DESCRIPTION

       Provides a simple way to verify passwords.

METHODS

       •   check( $password, $encrypted )

           Returns true on success and false on failure.

SUPPORTED PASSWORD FORMATS

       •   Plain

           Plaintext

       •   Crypt

           crypt(3)

       •   Crypt Modular

           •       $1$

                   MD5-based password algorithm

           •       $apr$

                   MD5-based password algorithm, Apache variant

       •   LDAP

           •       {CLEARTEXT}

                   Plaintext.

           •       {CRYPT}

                   Uses crypt(3)

           •       {MD5}

                   MD5 algorithm

           •       {SMD5}

                   Seeded MD5 algorithm

           •       {SHA}

                   SHA-1 algorithm

           •       {SSHA}

                   Seeded SHA-1 algorithm

       •   MD5 algorithm

           Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.

       •   SHA-1 algorithm

           Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.

       •   SHA-2 256 algorithm

           Encoded as binary, Base64 or hexadecimal.

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Simple

       crypt(3).

AUTHOR

       Christian Hansen "chansen@cpan.org"

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.