Re: Crypt function explanation

2002-01-05 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jan 5, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Can someone please explain what the SALT is used for, HOW should it be set, >that is, >how many characters long it should be etc. > >There is little explanation besides the example in the manual, as well as >on the camel book. The documentation points you to cr

Re: Crypt function explanation

2002-01-05 Thread smoot
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hi, below is a piece of code from the perl man pages. > > My question deals with: crypt PLAINTEXT, SALT > > Can someone please explain what the SALT is used for, HOW should it be set, > that is, > how many characters long it should be etc. SALT is used to vary the h

Crypt function explanation

2002-01-05 Thread documents
Hi, below is a piece of code from the perl man pages. My question deals with: crypt PLAINTEXT, SALT Can someone please explain what the SALT is used for, HOW should it be set, that is, how many characters long it should be etc. There is little explanation besides the example in the manual, as w