Class: Net::LDAP::Password

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/net/ldap/psw.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.generate(type, str) ⇒ Object

Generate a password-hash suitable for inclusion in an LDAP attribute. Pass a hash type (currently supported: :md5 and :sha) and a plaintext password. This function will return a hashed representation. STUB: This is here to fulfill the requirements of an RFC, which one? TODO, gotta do salted-sha and (maybe) salted-md5. Should we provide sha1 as a synonym for sha1? I vote no because then should you also provide ssha1 for symmetry?



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# File 'lib/net/ldap/psw.rb', line 43

def generate( type, str )
  case type
  when :md5
    require 'md5'
    "{MD5}#{ [MD5.new( str.to_s ).digest].pack("m").chomp }"
  when :sha
    require 'sha1'
    "{SHA}#{ [SHA1.new( str.to_s ).digest].pack("m").chomp }"
  # when ssha
  else
    raise Net::LDAP::LdapError.new( "unsupported password-hash type (#{type})" )
  end
end