passphrase

Authen::Passphrase::Clear(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Authen::Passphrase::Clear(3pm)

NAME

       Authen::Passphrase::Clear - cleartext passphrases

SYNOPSIS

	       use Authen::Passphrase::Clear;

	       $ppr = Authen::Passphrase::Clear->new("passphrase");

	       if($ppr->match($passphrase)) { ...

	       $passphrase = $ppr->passphrase;

	       $userPassword = $ppr->as_rfc2307;

DESCRIPTION

       An object of this class is a passphrase recogniser that accepts some particular passphrase which it knows.  This is a subclass of
       Authen::Passphrase, and this document assumes that the reader is familiar with the documentation for that class.

       Warning: Storing a passphrase in cleartext, as this class does, is a very bad idea.  It means that anyone who sees the passphrase file
       immediately knows all the passphrases.  Do not use this unless you really know what you're doing.

CONSTRUCTORS

       Authen::Passphrase::Clear->new(PASSPHRASE)
	   Returns a passphrase recogniser object that stores the specified passphrase in cleartext and accepts only that passphrase.

       Authen::Passphrase::Clear->from_rfc2307(USERPASSWORD)
	   Generates a cleartext passphrase recogniser from the supplied RFC2307 encoding.  The string must consist of "{CLEARTEXT}" (case
	   insensitive) followed by the passphrase.

METHODS

       $ppr->match(PASSPHRASE)
       $ppr->passphrase
       $ppr->as_rfc2307
	   These methods are part of the standard Authen::Passphrase interface.  The "passphrase" method trivially works.

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Passphrase

AUTHOR

       Andrew Main (Zefram) <zefram@fysh.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 Andrew Main (Zefram) <zefram@fysh.org>

LICENSE

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

perl v5.14.2							    2012-02-07					    Authen::Passphrase::Clear(3pm)