The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Data::Encrypted
DSLIP: bdphp
description: Conveniently store encrypted data via RSA
userid: AMACKEY (Aaron J. Mackey)
chapterid: 14 (Security_and_Encryption)
communities:
Discussed previously on c.l.p.m. and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
similar:
Tie::SecureHash
rationale:
Introduction: [ from the documentation ]
Often when dealing with external resources (database engines, ftp,
telnet, websites, etc), your Perl script must supply a password, or
other sensitive data, to the other system. This requires you to
either continually prompt the user for the data, or to store the
information (in plaintext) within your script. You'd rather not have
to remember the connection details to all your different resources,
so you'd like to store the data somewhere. And if you share your
script with anyone (as any good open-source developer would), you'd
rather not have your password or other sensitive information
floating around.
Data::Encrypted attempts to fill this small void with a simple, yet
functional solution to this common predicament. It works by
prompting you (via Term::ReadPassword) once for each required value,
but only does so the first time you run your script; thereafter, the
data is stored encrypted in a secondary file. Subsequent executions
of your script use the encrypted data directly, if possible;
otherwise it again prompts for the data. Currently, Data::Encrypted
achieves encryption via an RSA public-key cryptosystem implemented
by Crypt::RSA, using (by default) your own SSH1 public and private
keys.
Rationale: Data::Encrypted uses the RSA public key encryption
scheme that is already in place for many users. It is meant to
provide the convenience of prompt-less password usage without
plaintext storage. As such, it differs from Tie::SecureHash and any
other CBC::Crypt module (in which a passphrase is included in
plaintext within the source code).
Thank you,
-Aaron Mackey (AMACKEY)
enteredby: AMACKEY (Aaron J. Mackey)
enteredon: Mon Sep 10 19:24:14 2001 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Data::
::Encrypted bdphp Conveniently store encrypted data via RSA AMACKEY
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