org.figure8.join.util
Class UnixCrypt

java.lang.Object
  org.figure8.join.util.UnixCrypt

public class UnixCrypt
extends java.lang.Object

Unix Crypt. Implements the one way cryptography used by Unix systems for simple password protection. This class has been extracted from Jetty package.
Copyright (c) 1996 Aki Yoshida. All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software for non-commercial or commercial purposes and without fee is hereby granted provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies.

Version:

0.9, 11/25/96 - $Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Aki Yoshida modified April 2001 by Iris Van den Broeke, Daniel Deville

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	crypt(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String setting) Encrypts String into crypt (Unix) code.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] arg) Convenient method for command line usage.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

crypt

public static java.lang.String crypt(java.lang.String key,
                                     java.lang.String setting)

Encrypts String into crypt (Unix) code.

Parameters:

key - the key to be encrypted

setting - the salt to be used

Returns:

the encrypted String

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] arg)

Convenient method for command line usage.

Parameters:

arg - Array of arguments (key, value)