Package org.mycore.common

Class MCRCrypt

java.lang.Object
org.mycore.common.MCRCrypt
public class MCRCrypt extends Object
Java-based implementation of the unix crypt(3) command Based upon C source code written by Eric Young, eay@psych.uq.oz.au Java conversion by John F. Dumas, jdumas@zgs.com Found at http://locutus.kingwoodcable.com/jfd/crypt.html Minor optimizations by Wes Biggs, wes@cacas.org Adaption and extension for the MyCoRe Open Source System by Detlev Degenhardt, Detlev.Degenhardt@rz.uni-freiburg.de Eric's original code is licensed under the BSD license. As this is derivative, the same license applies.
Version:
$Revision$ $Date$
Author:
Detlev Degenhardt

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • crypt

      public static String crypt(String salt, String original)
      This method encrypts a string given a cleartext string and a "salt".
      Parameters:
      salt - A two-character string representing the salt used to iterate the encryption engine.
      original - The string to be encrypted.
      Returns:
      A string consisting of the 2-character salt followed by the encrypted string.

    • crypt

      public static String crypt(String original)
      This method encrypts a string given the cleartext string. A random salt is generated using java.util.Random.
      Parameters:
      original - The string to be encrypted.
      Returns:
      A string consisting of the 2-character salt followed by the encrypted string.