Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish

Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish is a Perl wrapper for SSH Blowfish support.
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  • Perl Artistic License
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  • Publisher Name:
  • David Robins
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  • http://search.cpan.org/~dbrobins/Net-SSH-Perl-1.30/lib/Net/SSH/Perl/Cipher/Blowfish.pm

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Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish Description

Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish is a Perl wrapper for SSH Blowfish support. Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish is a Perl wrapper for SSH Blowfish support.SYNOPSIS use Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher; my $cipher = Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher->new('Blowfish', $key); print $cipher->encrypt($plaintext);Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish provides Blowfish encryption support for Net::SSH::Perl. To do so it wraps around either Crypt::Blowfish or Crypt::Blowfish_PP; the former is a C/XS implementation of the blowfish algorithm, and the latter is a Perl implementation. Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::Blowfish prefers to use Crypt::Blowfish, because it's faster, so we try to load that first. If it fails, we fall back to Crypt::Blowfish_PP. Note that, when using Crypt::Blowfish_PP, you'll experience a very noticeable decrease in performance.The blowfish used here is in CBC filter mode with a key length of 32 bytes.SSH1 adds an extra wrinkle with respect to its blowfish algorithm: before and after encryption/decryption, we have to swap the bytes in the string to be encrypted/decrypted. The byte-swapping is done four bytes at a time, and within each of those four-byte blocks we reverse the bytes. So, for example, the string foobarba turns into boofabra. We swap the bytes in this manner in the string before we encrypt/decrypt it, and swap the encrypted/decrypted string again when we get it back.This byte-swapping is not done when Blowfish is used in the SSH2 protocol. Requirements: · Perl


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