NAME

POE::Component::Server::IRC::Common - provides a set of common functions for the POE::Component::Server::IRC suite.

SYNOPSIS

 use strict;
 use warnings;

 use POE::Component::Server::IRC::Common qw( :ALL );

 my $passwd = mkpasswd( 'moocow' );

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IRC::Common provides a set of common functions for the POE::Component::Server::IRC suite.

FUNCTIONS

"mkpasswd"

Takes one mandatory argument a plain string to 'encrypt'. If no further options are specified it uses "crypt" to generate the password. Specifying 'md5' option uses Crypt::PasswdMD5's "unix_md5_crypt" function to generate the password. Specifying 'apache' uses Crypt::PasswdMD5 "apache_md5_crypt" function to generate the password.

 my $passwd = mkpasswd( 'moocow' ); # vanilla crypt()
 my $passwd = mkpasswd( 'moocow', md5 => 1 ) # unix_md5_crypt()
 my $passwd = mkpasswd( 'moocow', apache => 1 ) # apache_md5_crypt()

"chkpasswd"

Takes two mandatory arguments, a password string and something to check that password against. The function first tries md5 comparisons (UNIX and Apache), then "crypt" and finally plain-text password check.

AUTHOR

Chris 'BinGOs' Williams

LICENSE

This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.