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diff --git a/security/p5-Crypt-xDBM_File/pkg-descr b/security/p5-Crypt-xDBM_File/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c289f6eeafe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/p5-Crypt-xDBM_File/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Crypt::xDBM_File encrypts/decrypts the data in a gdbm,ndbm,sdbm (and +maybe even berkeleyDB, but I didn't test that) file. It gets tied to a +hash and you just access the hash like normal. The crypt function can +be any of the CPAN modules that use encrypt, decrypt, keysize, blocksize +(so Crypt::IDEA, Crypt::DES, Crypt::Blowfish, ... should all work) + +***IMPORTANT*** Encryption keys (the key you pass in on the tie line) +will be padded or truncated to fit the keysize(). Data (the key/values of +the hash) is padded to fill complete blocks of blocksize(). + +The padding is stripped before being returned to the user so you shouldn't +need to worry about it (except truncated keys). Read the doc that comes +with crypt function to get an idea of what these sizes are. If keysize +or blocksize returns a zero the default is set to 8 bytes (64 bits). + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/~eestabroo/Crypt-xDBM_File/ + +Author: Eric Estabrooks <eric@urbanrage.com> |