Active Unix Crypt Object 2.0

What is Active Unix Crypt Object Component?

Active Unix Crypt is a small & fast windows component that behaves like Unix crypt() function, supporting both DES (2 salt characters) and MD5 (up to 8 salt characters) algorithm. It can also determine whether crypted is a DES or MD5-crypt automatically. Because it's entirely written in C++, it's fast, safe, and can be used in both STA and MTA threaded environment. This component is designed for C++, Visual Basic, ASP, Delphi, PHP, Perl, and any other component-aware environment.

Installation

After download ActiveUnixCrypt.zip file, use Unzip Utility such as (WinZip) to extract, and run Setup.exe

Upgrades

Upgrade is free for a minor version change. For example, upgrading from 3.50 to 3.99. However, 3.50 to 4.00 may require a small upgrade fee. (Which will be also posted)

Registration

When you purchase (or register) Active Unix Crypt Object Component, it is for a single
computer (or server) use. If you plan to use in a multiple machines,
you must purchase license separately.
The price is $49.00 for each computer.

For multiple quantities:
2 Servers: $95.00
3 Servers: $139.00
5 Servers: $210.00
Site License: $360.00 / Unlimited copy within a single location (site)
Enterprise License: $1300.00 / Unlimited within a single company / organization
Developer License: $459.00 Royalty free unlimited distribution within your product
(as long as the final product is not another crypt-only product)

Upgrade Instructions

Please follow these steps to upgrade the component from a previous version

For VB, Delphi, VC++, or any other component environment
Exit the program that uses comUnixCrypt.dll, and run setup.exe or overwrite comUnixCrypt.dll

For web server use, stop all IIS related services such as FTP and W3SVC.
(See IIS documentation how to stop these services)
At DOS prompt, change to the directory where the comUnixCrypt.dll component is and type "regsvr32 /u comUnixCrypt.dll"
Move the new version of comUnixCrypt.dll to that same directory and type "regsvr32 comUnixCrypt.dll"
Restart the necessary services.

If .dll cannot be registered, you must reboot the server, in order to free the .DLL from the memory pool.

Active Unix Crypt Object Properties
Property =Read Only = Read/Write	Description
version	Gets the internal component version number. Example: set crypt = createObject("comUnixCrypt.UnixCryptObj") versionMsg = "Version: " & crypt.version
saltID	Returns Salt ID after MD5 crypt function. Usually returns $1$, or $apr1$ based on salt value. (Currently read-only, writing a value to this property does nothing)

Active Unix Crypt Object Methods
Method	Parameters	Return Value	Description
string crypt(string word, string salt)	String	String	Does crypt() on the word with the salt string. The salt can be 2 character, then crypt() will do DES crypt. If the salt starts with $1$ or $apr1$, (salt ID) etc., then this function does MD5 crypt based on the salt ID value. Example (VB & ASP): dim result crypt = createObject("comUnixCrypt.UnixCryptObj") result = crypt.crypt("mypassword", "ab") ' DES crypt() result = crypt.crypt("mypassword", "$1$abcdefgh") ' MD5 crypt()
string cryptDES(string word, string salt)	String	String	Do DES crypt on the word and salt. dim result crypt = createObject("comUnixCrypt.UnixCryptObj") result = crypt.crypt("mypassword", "ab") ' DES crypt()
string cryptMD5(string word, string salt)	String	String	Do MD5 crypt on the word and salt. The salt value must start with salt ID, such as $1$ or $apr1$, etc. Example (VB & ASP): dim result crypt = createObject("comUnixCrypt.UnixCryptObj") result = crypt.crypt("mypassword", "$1$abcdefgh") ' MD5 crypt()