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encrypt v0.8 is (c) 1999,2000 Suso Banderas

**PLEASE ALSO READ THE WARNING FILE THAT**

**COMES WITH THIS PROGRAM.**

Description - encrypt is a program for encrypting

                a word into an encrypted string to
                be used for a password or such.

Installation

NOTE: You need Perl5 and also the Term::ReadKey module. This module usually comes with most Perl distrobutions, but some people have brought it to my attention that there distrobution was laking. You can find the latest version here:

http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Term/

Any user will be able to use encrypt in their own userspace. You can also run 'make install' as root and it will put the program, man page and config file in the locations specified in the Makefile. You may want to run 'make test' first to make sure you have everything that is needed to run the program first.

How to use

A detailed man page is included with the program(encrypt.1).

But most people will use it like this:

       $ encrypt -s 'dZ' mypassword
       dZVuMBk8/bQsk
       mypassword

Or you can have it generate a random password for you:

       $ encrypt -r 8
       lHtmBvBVUSWt2
       #WjM0GUf

Check out the man page 'man encrypt' for more information and examples.

Other Info

Please send bug reports, suggestions, requests or correspondence to Suso Banderas at 'suso@suso.org'. You can visit the homepage for this program at:

http://suso.suso.org/programs/encrypt/