The source files in this distribution are Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Peter Behroozi and are licensed for use under the same terms as Perl itself. CGI::SecureState NOTE: If you are upgrading from the 0.2x series, you must read the documentation or risk fire, disaster, or sudden death from upper management as they cremate you when all your scripts have nasty warnings at the top. Maybe they are a little more relaxed, but I highly doubt it. CGI::SecureState was written to resemble CGI::Persistent as closely as possible. To install CGI::SecureState, all you should have to do is the standard % perl Makefile.PL % make % make install Then test the installation: % make test and everything should work. This assumes that you have the following: Long file names (at least 27 chars): needed to ensure remote ticket authenticity. Crypt::Blowfish: it couldn't be called "Secure" without. At some point in the future (as better algorithms become available), this requirement may be changed. Tested with versions 2.06, 2.09. Digest::SHA1: for super-strong (160 bit) hashing of data. It is used in key generation and filename generation. Tested with versions 1.03, 2.01. CGI: it couldn't be called "CGI" without. Should not be a problem as it comes standard with Perl 5.004 and above. Tested with versions 2.56, 2.74, 2.79. Fcntl: for file flags that are portable (like LOCK_SH and SEEK_SET). Comes with Perl. Tested with version 1.03. File::Spec: for concatenating directories and filenames in a portable way. Comes with Perl. Tested with version 0.82. Perl: Hmmm. Tested with v5.6.[01]. This module has NOT been tested with 5.005 or below. Use at your own risk. There may be several bugs induced by lower versions of Perl, a few of which may include: failure to compile, failure to run, or the mysterious absence of your favorite pair of lemming slippers. The author is exempt from wrongdoing and liability in case you decide to use CGI::SecureState with a version of Perl less than 5.6.0.