Information about the package, perl-Crypt-ECB, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Crypt-ECB package is designed for, Encrypt Data using ECB Mode.
Package Name:
perl-Crypt-ECB
Summary:
Encrypt Data using ECB Mode
Description:
This module is a Perl-only implementation of the ECB mode. In combination with a block cipher such as DES, IDEA or Blowfish, you can encrypt and decrypt messages of arbitrarily long length. Though for security reasons other modes than ECB such as CBC should be preferred. See textbooks on cryptography if you want to know why.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.45
Release:
1.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the perl-Crypt-ECB package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will install perl-Crypt-ECB on the server.
yum remove perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-ECB on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-ECB, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-ECB on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Crypt-ECB when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will update perl-Crypt-ECB to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-ECB, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will update perl-Crypt-ECB to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Crypt-ECB when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will show you core information about the perl-Crypt-ECB package.
yum deplist perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Crypt-ECB. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-Crypt-ECB
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Crypt-ECB. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.