DESCRIPTION
The Keyring PDB handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package. It
parses Keyring for Palm OS databases. See
.
It has the standard Palm::PDB methods with 2 additional public methods.
Decrypt and Encrypt.
It currently supports the v4 Keyring databases as well as the
pre-release v5 databases. I am not completely happy with the interface
for accessing v5 databases, so any suggestions on improvements on the
interface are appreciated.
This module doesn't store the decrypted content. It only keeps it until
it returns it to you or encrypts it.
SYNOPSIS
use Palm::PDB;
use Palm::Keyring;
my $pass = 'password';
my $file = 'Keys-Gtkr.pdb';
my $pdb = new Palm::PDB;
$pdb->Load($file);
foreach (0..$#{ $pdb->{records} }) {
# skip the password record for version 4 databases
next if $_ == 0 && $pdb->{version} == 4;
my $rec = $pdb->{records}->[$_];
my $acct = $pdb->Decrypt($rec, $pass);
print $rec->{name}, ' - ';
if ($pdb->{version} == 4 || $pdb->{options}->{v4compatible}) {
print ' - ', $acct->{account};
} else {
foreach my $a (@{ $acct }) {
if ($a->{label} eq 'account') {
print ' - ', $a->{data};
last;
}
}
}
print "\n";
}
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
new
$pdb = new Palm::Keyring([$password[, $version]]);
Create a new PDB, initialized with the various Palm::Keyring fields and
an empty record list.
Use this method if you're creating a Keyring PDB from scratch otherwise
you can just use Palm::PDB::new() before calling Load().
If you pass in a password, it will initalize the first record with the
encrypted password.
new() now also takes options in other formats
$pdb = new Palm::Keyring({ key1 => value1, key2 => value2 });
$pdb = new Palm::Keyring( -key1 => value1, -key2 => value2);
Supported options
password
The password used to initialize the database
version
The version of database to create. Accepts either 4 or 5.
Currently defaults to 4.
v4compatible
The format of the fields passed to Encrypt and returned from
Decrypt have changed. This allows programs to use the newer
databases with few changes but with less features.
cipher
The cipher to use. Either the number or the name.
0 => None
1 => DES_EDE3
2 => AES128
3 => AES256
iterations
The number of iterations to encrypt with.
options
A hashref of the options that are set
For v5 databases there are some additional appinfo fields set. These are
set either on new() or Load().
$pdb->{appinfo} = {
# normal appinfo stuff described in L
cipher => The index number of the cipher being used
iter => Number of iterations for the cipher
};
crypts
Pass in the alias of the crypt to use, or the index.
These only make sense for v5 databases.
This is a function, not a method.
$cipher can be 0, 1, 2, 3, None, DES_EDE3, AES128 or AES256.
my $c = Palm::Keyring::crypt($cipher);
$c is now:
$c = {
alias => (None|DES_EDE3|AES128|AES256),
name => (None|DES_EDE3|Rijndael),
keylen => ,
blocksize => ,
default_iter => ,
};
Encrypt
$pdb->Encrypt($rec, $acct[, $password[, $ivec]]);
Encrypts an account into a record, either with the password previously
used, or with a password that is passed.
$ivec is the initialization vector to use to encrypt the record. This is
not used by v4 databases. Normally this is not passed and is generated
randomly.
$rec is a record from $pdb->{records} or a new_Record(). The v4 $acct is
a hashref in the format below.
my $v4acct = {
name => $rec->{name},
account => $account,
password => $password,
notes => $notes,
lastchange => {
year => 107, # years since 1900
month => 0, # 0-11, 0 = January, 11 = December
day => 30, # 1-31, same as localtime
},
};
The v5 $acct is an arrayref full of hashrefs that contain each encrypted
field.
my $v5acct = [
{
'label_id' => 2,
'data' => 'abcd1234',
'label' => 'password',
'font' => 0
},
{
'label_id' => 3,
'data' => {
'month' => 1,
'day' => 11,
'year' => 107
},
'label' => 'lastchange',
'font' => 0
},
{
'label_id' => 255,
'data' => 'This is a short note.',
'label' => 'notes',
'font' => 0
}
];
The account name is stored in $rec->{name} for both v4 and v5 databases.
It is not returned in the decrypted information for v5.
$rec->{name} = 'account name';
If you have changed anything other than the lastchange, or don't pass in
a lastchange key, Encrypt() will generate a new lastchange date for you.
If you pass in a lastchange field that is different than the one in the
record, it will honor what you passed in.
Encrypt() only uses the $acct->{name} if there is not already a
$rec->{name}.
Decrypt
my $acct = $pdb->Decrypt($rec[, $password]);
Decrypts the record and returns a reference for the account as described
under Encrypt().
foreach (0..$#{ $pdb->{records} }) {
next if $_ == 0 && $pdb->{version} == 4;
my $rec = $pdb->{records}->[$_];
my $acct = $pdb->Decrypt($rec);
# do something with $acct
}
Password
$pdb->Password([$password[, $new_password]]);
Either sets the password to be used to crypt, or if you pass
$new_password, changes the password on the database.
If you have created a new $pdb, and you didn't set a password when you
called new(), you only need to pass one password and it will set that as
the password.
If nothing is passed, it forgets the password that it was remembering.
After a successful password verification the following fields are set
For v4
$pdb->{digest} = the calculated digest used from the key;
$pdb->{password} = the password that was passed in;
For v5
$pdb->{appinfo} = {
# As described under new() with these additional fields
cipher => The index number of the cipher being used
iter => Number of iterations for the cipher
key => The key that is calculated from the password
and salt and is used to decrypt the records.
masterhash => the hash of the key that is stored in the
database. Either set when Loading the database
or when setting a new password.
salt => the salt that is either read out of the database
or calculated when setting a new password.
};
Other overridden subroutines/methods
ParseAppInfoBlock
Converts the extra returned by Palm::StdAppInfo::ParseAppInfoBlock()
into the following additions to $pdb->{appinfo}
$pdb->{appinfo} = {
cipher => The index number of the cipher being used (Not v4)
iter => Number of iterations for the cipher (Not v4)
};
PackAppInfoBlock
Reverses ParseAppInfoBlock before sending it on to
Palm::StdAppInfo::PackAppInfoBlock()
ParseRecord
Adds some fields to a record from Palm::StdAppInfo::ParseRecord()
$rec = {
name => Account name
ivec => The IV for the encrypted record. (Not v4)
encrypted => the encrypted information
};
PackRecord
Reverses ParseRecord and then sends it through
Palm::StdAppInfo::PackRecord()
DEPENDENCIES
Palm::StdAppInfo
For v4 databases
Digest::MD5
Crypt::DES
For v5 databases
Digest::HMAC_SHA1
Digest::SHA1
Depending on how the database is encrypted
Crypt::CBC - For any encryption but None
Crypt::DES_EDE3 - DES_EDE3 encryption
Crytp::Rijndael - AES encryption schemes
THANKS
I would like to thank the helpful Perlmonk shigetsu who gave me some
great advice and helped me get my first module posted.
I would also like to thank Johan Vromans --
. He had his own Palm::KeyRing
module that he posted a couple of days before mine was ready and he was
kind enough to let me have the namespace as well as giving me some very
helpful hints about doing a few things that I was unsure of. He is
really great.
And finally, thanks to Jochen Hoenicke (one of the
authors of Palm Keyring) for getting me started on the v5 support as
well as providing help and some subroutines.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
I am sure there are problems with this module. For example, I have not
done very extensive testing of the v5 databases.
I am not sure I am 'require module' the best way, but I don't want to
depend on modules that you don't need to use.
I am not very happy with the data structures used by Encrypt() and
Decrypt() for v5 databases, but I am not sure of a better way.
The v4 compatibility mode does not insert a fake record 0 where normally
the encrypted password is stored.
The date validation for packing new dates is very poor.
I have not gone through and standardized on how the module fails. Some
things fail with croak, some return undef, some may even fail silently.
Nothing initializes a lasterr method or anything like that. I need to
fix all that before it is a 1.0 candidate.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-palm-keyring at
rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I
will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress
on your bug as I make changes.
AUTHOR
Andrew Fresh
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Andrew Fresh, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
Palm::PDB(3)
Palm::StdAppInfo(3)
The Keyring for Palm OS website:
The HACKING guide for palm keyring databases:
Johan Vromans also has a wxkeyring app that now uses this module,
available from his website at