crypt Class Reference

List of all members.

Static Public Member Functions
static char *	encrypt (const char *password, const char *salt)
static bool	needsMutex ()
static void	setMutex (mutex *mtx)

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Detailed Description

The crypt class provides an encryption method that is commonly used for password encryption.

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Member Function Documentation

static char* crypt::encrypt	(	const char *	password,
		const char *	salt
	)		[static]

Encrypts "password" using the des algorithm and "salt" (which should be a 2 character string from the set [a-zA-Z0-9./].

Returns the encrypted password on success or NULL on failure.

Note that this method allocates a buffer internally and returns it. The calling program must deallocate this buffer.

static bool crypt::needsMutex

(

)

[static]

If your system doesn't support crypt_r() then this class needs a mutex to assure thread safety.

This method returns true if this class needs a mutex to operate safely in a threaded environment and false otherwise.

static void crypt::setMutex

(

mutex *

mtx

)

[static]

Allows you to supply a mutex is the class needs it. If your application is not multithreaded, then there is no need to supply a mutex.