Data::Session::ID::SHA256 - A persistent session manager


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NAME

the Data::Session::ID::SHA256 manpage - A persistent session manager

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Synopsis

See the Data::Session manpage for details.

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Description

the Data::Session::ID::SHA256 manpage allows the Data::Session manpage to generate session ids using the Digest::SHA manpage.

To use this module do this:

o Specify an id generator of type SHA256, as Data::Session -> new(type => '... id:SHA256 ...')

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Case-sensitive Options

See Case-sensitive Options in the Data::Session manpage for important information.

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Method: new()

Creates a new object of type the Data::Session::ID::SHA256 manpage.

new() takes a hash of key/value pairs, some of which might mandatory. Further, some combinations might be mandatory.

The keys are listed here in alphabetical order.

They are lower-case because they are (also) method names, meaning they can be called to set or get the value at any time.

o verbose => $integer

Print to STDERR more or less information.

Typical values are 0, 1 and 2.

This key is normally passed in as Data::Session -> new(verbose => $integer).

This key is optional.

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Method: generate()

Generates the next session id, or dies if it can't.

The algorithm is Digest::SHA -> new(256) -> add($$, time, rand(time) ) -> hexdigest.

Returns the new id.

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Method: id_length()

Returns 64 because that's the number of hex digits in an SHA256 digest.

This can be used to generate the SQL to create the sessions table.

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Support

Log a bug on RT: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Session.

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Author

the Data::Session manpage was written by Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au> in 2010.

Home page: http://savage.net.au/index.html.

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Copyright

Australian copyright (c) 2010, Ron Savage.

        All Programs of mine are 'OSI Certified Open Source Software';
        you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of
        The Artistic License, a copy of which is available at:
        http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html

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 Data::Session::ID::SHA256 - A persistent session manager