Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'string.': 0.04; '*not*': 0.05; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'solution,': 0.09; 'url:packages': 0.09; '[1].': 0.16; 'hashlib': 0.16; 'subject:function': 0.16; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'string': 0.24; "i'm": 0.28; 'indicated': 0.29; 'hash': 0.30; 'equivalent': 0.31; 'subject:?': 0.31; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'skip:" 20': 0.35; 'subject:How': 0.35; 'url:python': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'skip:" 10': 0.37; 'url:org': 0.39; 'received:de': 0.39; 'header': 0.39; 'received:78': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'your': 0.61; 'full': 0.62; 'chance': 0.62; 'choose': 0.64 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Christian Heimes Subject: Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:16:52 +0100 References: <28304124.1374.1331408016748.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yncd8> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: f048032193.adsl.alicedsl.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 In-Reply-To: <28304124.1374.1331408016748.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yncd8> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1331410629 news.xs4all.nl 6894 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58976 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:21467 Am 10.03.2012 20:33, schrieb Cosmia Luna: > I'm not searching for a full solution and only want to know how to use hashlib to create a equivalent string like If you chance your mind and choose to use a full solution, then I highly recommend passlib [1]. It has an implementation of SHA-512 crypt as indicated by the number 6 in the header of your string. By the way "$6$ds41p/9VMA.BHH0U" is *not* the salt. Just "ds41p/9VMA.BHH0U" is the salt, 6 is a hash identifier. Christian [1] http://packages.python.org/passlib/