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37 lines
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Crypt::Blowfish_PP
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Blowfish is a published algorithm written by Bruce Schneier
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(http://www.counterpane.com/). Unlike IDEA or DES etc. there are no patent
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implications in using this algorithm.
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It uses anywhere between a 64 bit and a 448 bit key. The transform itself is
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fast and operates on a 64 bit block, and most of the calculation time is in
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initialising the context with the key data.
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The _PP name comes from the fact that this implementation is Pure Perl, and
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will not have any compatibility problems.
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I have not included any sort of multiblock structure in this implementation
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(I might do in future), so to be useful you will probably need something
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like Crypt::CBC. (v1.01 fixes the compatibility issues with Crypt::CBC)
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This passes the test vectors on http://www.counterpane.com/vectors.txt
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To install, untar the module
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do the standard:
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$ perl Makefile.PL
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$ make
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$ make test
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# make install
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This implementation is entirely object oriented, and entirely written in Perl.
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The perl form is (c) copyright Matthew Byng-Maddick <mbm@colondot.net> 2000,
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and the actual structure and static data are copyright Bruce Schneier.
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PLEASE NOTE UPDATED EMAIL ADDRESS: mbm@colondot.net, as the other may stop
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working at some point soon.
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The licensing is GPL or Artistic at your preference, as with Perl itself.
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