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passlib seems to be useful if you need to use hashes stored by an existing system. If you have control of the format, use a modern hash like bcrypt or scrypt. At this time, bcrypt seems to be much easier to use from python.

passlib supports bcrypt, and it recommends installing py-bcrypt as a backend: http://pythonhosted.org/passlib/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.html

You could also use py-bcrypt directly if you don't want to install passlib. The readme has examples of basic use.

see also: How to use scrypt to generate hash for password and salt in Python

passlib seems to be useful if you need to use hashes stored by an existing system. If you have control of the format, use a modern hash like bcrypt or scrypt. At this time, bcrypt seems to be much easier to use from python.

passlib supports bcrypt, and it recommends installing py-bcrypt as a backend: http://pythonhosted.org/passlib/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.html

You could also use py-bcrypt directly if you don't want to install passlib. The readme has examples of basic use.

see also: How to use scrypt to generate hash for password and salt in Python

passlib seems to be useful if you need to use hashes stored by an existing system. If you have control of the format, use a modern hash like bcrypt or scrypt. At this time, bcrypt seems to be much easier to use from python.

passlib supports bcrypt, and it recommends installing py-bcrypt as a backend: http://pythonhosted.org/passlib/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.html

https://code.google.com/p/py-bcrypt/ The readme has examples of basic use.

How to use scrypt to generate hash for password and salt in Python

passlib seems to be useful if you need to use hashes stored by an existing system. If you have control of the format, use a modern hash like bcrypt or scrypt. At this time, bcrypt seems to be much easier to use from python.

passlib supports bcrypt, and it recommends installing py-bcrypt as a backend: http://pythonhosted.org/passlib/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.html

You could also use py-bcrypt directly if you don't want to install passlib. The readme has examples of basic use.

see also: How to use scrypt to generate hash for password and salt in Python

passlib seems to be useful if you need to use hashes stored by an existing system. If you have control of the format, use a modern hash like bcrypt or scrypt. At this time, bcrypt seems to be much easier to use from python.

https://code.google.com/p/py-bcrypt/

A simple example that demonstrates most of the features:

import bcrypt # Hash a password for the first time hashed = bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt()) # gensalt's log_rounds parameter determines the complexity # the work factor is 2**log_rounds, and the default is 12 hashed = bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt(10)) # Check that an unencrypted password matches one that has # previously been hashed. if bcrypt.checkpw(plaintext, hashed): print "It matches" else: print "It does not match" # Generate a 256-bit cryptographic key key = bcrypt.kdf(password, salt, 100, 256/8) 

Oh, I just discovered that passlib does support bcrypt, but it recommends installing py-bcrypt (above) as a backend: http://pythonhosted.org/passlib/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.html

How to use scrypt to generate hash for password and salt in Python

passlib seems to be useful if you need to use hashes stored by an existing system. If you have control of the format, use a modern hash like bcrypt or scrypt. At this time, bcrypt seems to be much easier to use from python.

passlib supports bcrypt, and it recommends installing py-bcrypt as a backend: http://pythonhosted.org/passlib/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.html

https://code.google.com/p/py-bcrypt/ The readme has examples of basic use.

How to use scrypt to generate hash for password and salt in Python