the package chewingum contains two main programs:
- base62
- chew
They have been implemented in perl.
Base62 has been coded in c++ too.
chew has been written to shorten long decimal integer numbers into base62 strings.
It's not a mere base conversion, because it doesn't use arithmetic inside its logic.
In this way it can convert very long numbers into strings quickly,
without overflows.
For example if I want to share an id using an url, this will make the url shorter.
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Cookie based web authentication and single sign on system for largish intranets under a single domain where many, untrusted, people run their own web services. The server uses a private cookie scoped only for the client browser and the idcheck webserver which is always protected with SSL.
In addition to the common practise of using SSL for everything (which idcheck supports). The idcheck system can also be used to provide authentication to websites where you merely want to hide content...
daitrix is a secure os built on security, ease of use, and linux/unix based. verry fast to install with 4 setup types- dev, server, desktop and all. everything a normal linux distro has and then some.