Re: Encryption algorithms in Perl 5.8?

[jettero]

in reply to Encryption algorithms in Perl 5.8?

Perl probably doesn't ship with many choices, but there are tons available: Crypt:: (just to get you started).

[lrep2010]

Thank you Paul. but Crypt:: package and its modules within are not shipped with core Perl, correct? In fact, the only encryption of any sort that I found and is distributed by Perl itself is just MD5, I'm afraid.

[ikegami]

MD5 is not an encryption algorithm.

Modules in the core need to be supported practically forever. It's definitely not a good place to put encryption modules, since those become obsolete fairly fast.

So what if it's not in the core.

[jettero]

Yeah, Perl doesn't come with very much stuff. It may even come with too much stuff. It's intended to be used with The CPAN, so it's a little silly to try to measure it without that awesome resource.