Passwords
=========

This package provides an easy to use API for the creation and management of
passwords in a secure manner.

This is no new invention and libraries have been existing since a long time to
achieve the same results. Unfortunately they might me easily overseen as they
are hidden in sub-namespaces, are dupes with different results or advocate
outdated algorithms (such as md5/sha1).

The goal of this package is to always offer the de-facto standard algorithm
while using the same namespace + subroutines, though adding subroutines to
ensure compatibility (see password_needs_rehash) with the different versions.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install
	
or via cpan:

    cpan Passwords

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.

    perldoc Passwords

You can also look for information at:

    Github (report bugs here)
        https://github.com/lifeofguenter/p5-passwords

    Authors Website
        http://www.perlhipster.com/p5-passwords
        
DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

   Carp
   Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt
   Data::Entropy::Algorithms
        
AUTHOR

Günter Grodotzki <guenter@perlhipster.com>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    Andrew Main (for the Perl port of bcrypt)
        http://www.fysh.org/~zefram/
        
    The Authors of crypt_blowfish
        http://www.openwall.com/crypt/
        
    Anthony Ferrara
        https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014 Günter Grodotzki

This [library|program|code|module] is free software; you
can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the
licenses in the file LICENSE.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied
warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.