Perl coding question, topic Password encryption

[generic_1]

Hello Everyone
I was wondering if anyone had a good example of a function to ask for a password, encrypt it to store in a file that would be decrypted back to a variable when your app needs it later.

This is not a web or cgi type scripting I am working on, only Perl.

The It would be useful if the encryption part could run separate from the decryption and without user intervention.

The reason I am looking is I would rather my automated Perl Scripts did not store open text passwords, and I would like more security than locking down a directory.

So bascically I am looking for a perl script to run ask for a password to add to a file encrypted.

Then another piece of Perl code that could decrypt it to a easy to use variable so your program could use it without having to be interactive with the user asking for any input.

Not to confuse the question but after I am done with the unencrypted variable in the program should I shoot trash into it/zero it before the program exit to be extra safe, its all Perl by the way?

Many Thanks

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

# man perlfaq8

# perldoc -q "How do I ask the user for a password?"

# perldoc -f crypt

It's all in there, including examples

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[generic_1]

I looked at the code and tested it but its not doing really what im looking to do.

I am looking not to store any unencrypted passwords in text files. The only time I intend to enter a password is to encrypt it. I do not want to have to retype it every time the app launches. This a cron/scheduled application I am working on.

More along the lines of public and private keys, but the result producing the password the app will use. They are not OS user accounts either.

[Pat Lieberg · Accepted solution]

Check out this module:

http://search.cpan.org/~amackey/Data-Encrypted-0.07/Encrypted.pm

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Store it in shared memory :)
In encrypted form of course

# man perlipc

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[generic_1]

javascript:openExternal('http://search.cpan.org/~amackey/Data-Encrypted-0.07/Encrypted.pm')

Have you used this module under HPUX with Luck. It looks like it has allot of the functionality I am looking for for storing passwords for scripting.

Thanks Everyone.