[Q] password encryption

Bert Freudenberg bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
Mon Jan 14 11:40:46 UTC 2002


On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Gerald Leeb wrote:

> I'm searching for a password encryption like the Unix password
> security. I need a one-way encryption.
> 
> Is such an algorithm alredy implemented in Squeak or does somebody
> know, where I can find one. I'm not familiar with encryption and need
> help.

Class Authorizer does RFC1421 encryption, which is what HTTP uses:

	Authorizer new encode: 'name' password: 'pass'

	--> 'bmFtZTpwYXNz'

-- Bert

PS: I found that method by typing "password" into the Method Finder ;-)




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