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SHA512 crypt function
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gistfile1.pl
use String::Random qw(random_regex);
sub encrypt {
my $password = shift;
my $salt = random_regex('[0-9A-Za-z./]{16}');
return crypt($password,'$6$'.$salt);
}
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beezly commented Jul 16, 2012

Perl SHA-512 encrypt function which uses the native libc SHA-512 implementation. Definitely works on Solaris 10 and Linux with glibc > 2.7.

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beezly commented Jul 16, 2012

If you want a cross platform implementation that doesn't depend on the libc crypt, it's probably worth looking at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11017330/creating-glibc-2-7-style-sha-512-crypt-hashes-in-perl

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