1 \section{Built-in Module
\module{crypt
}}
5 This module implements an interface to the
\manpage{crypt
}{3} routine,
6 which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm;
7 see the
\UNIX{} man page for further details. Possible uses include
8 allowing Python scripts to accept typed passwords from the user, or
9 attempting to crack
\UNIX{} passwords with a dictionary.
12 \begin{funcdesc
}{crypt
}{word, salt
}
13 \var{word
} will usually be a user's password.
\var{salt
} is a
14 2-character string which will be used to select one of
4096 variations
15 of DES
\indexii{cipher
}{DES
}. The characters in
\var{salt
} must be
16 either
\code{.
},
\code{/
}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the
17 hashed password as a string, which will be composed of characters from
18 the same alphabet as the salt.
21 The module and documentation were written by Steve Majewski.
22 \index{Majewski, Steve
}
