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Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function?

From Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de>
Subject Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function?
Date 2012-03-10 22:07 +0100
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Am 10.03.2012 21:41, schrieb Roy Smith:
> But is that what crypt.crypt() does?  I though it implemented the 
> old-style triple-DES.

Python's crypt module is an interface to the OS' crypt() function. On
some systems the crypt() function supports additional algorithms. You
can read it up in the notes section of crypt(3):
http://linux.die.net/man/3/crypt

Christian

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How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Cosmia Luna <cosmius@gmail.com> - 2012-03-10 11:33 -0800
  Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-10 15:15 -0500
    Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2012-03-10 21:36 +0100
      Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-10 15:41 -0500
        Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2012-03-10 22:07 +0100
  Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2012-03-10 21:16 +0100
    Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Cosmia Luna <cosmius@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 03:10 -0700
    Re: How to re-implement the crypt.crypt function? Cosmia Luna <cosmius@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 03:10 -0700

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