internal package Foswiki::Plugins::LdapGuiPlugin::Hash

ClassMethod new()

Creates a new hash object.

my $hasher = Package::Hash->new()
my $hash = $hasher('I am the text', 'ssha');

$hash will contain the hashed value prepended by {SSHA}. (suitable for LDAP)

• SHA
• MD5
• SSHA
• SMD5
• CRYPT

SMELL: As soon as possible this must become more portable, the way random bytes get generated should get changed.

ObjectMethod getHash ($text, $algorithm) → $hash

Takes text and the name of the algorithm which should be used and returns the hash prepended with the algorithm name. returns empty string on failure

ObjectMethod addAlgorithm ($algorithmName, \&algorithm) → $hash

Sets a new algorithm and name to be used.

Private method getSalt ($length) → $salt

Returns a salt value with the given length of bytes