anchor.diff:  	*/
   	public string function getMfaCode() {
   
  -		// get a random auth code of a random length for multi-factor authentication
  -		var mfaCode = left( uberHash( createUUID() & now(), 'MD5', randRange( 1000, 3000, 'SHA1PRNG' ) ), randRange( 4, 8, 'SHA1PRNG' ) );
  -
  -		// and return the mfa code
  -		return mfaCode;
  +		// get a random auth code of a random length for multi-factor authentication and return it
  +		return left( uberHash( createUUID() & now(), 'MD5', randRange( 1000, 3000, 'SHA1PRNG' ) ), randRange( 4, 8, 'SHA1PRNG' ) );
   
   	}
   
  
positive.code: 	*/
  	public string function getHeartbeat() {
  
  		// get a random value for the heartbeat of the login form
  		var heartbeat = lCase( left( uberHash( now() & createUUID() & randRange( 1000, 9999, 'SHA1PRNG' ), 'SHA-384', randRange( 1000, 3000, 'SHA1PRNG' ) ), randRange( 32, 64, 'SHA1PRNG' ) ) );
  
  		// and return the heartbeat value
  		return heartbeat;
  
  	}
  
  
negative.code: 	*/
  	public string function getSessionIdFromCookie( required string cookieId ) {
  
  		// return the value of the session id from the cookie
  		return dataDec( arguments.cookieId, 'cookie' );
  
  	}
  
  