Best way to ask for password (cross-platform or Win32)

Eyck has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

When it comes to GUI toolkits, it's easy, but what is the best way to ask about password (*****) on Win32 console?
Update Looks like I missed this one - there exists Term::ReadPassword::Win32 which seems compatible with Term::ReadPassword,

use Term::ReadPassword::Win32;
$pass=read_password("prompt: ");
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it does not support printing "*" though

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