1 \section{\module{crypt
} ---
2 Function used to check
\UNIX{} passwords
}
4 \declaremodule{builtin
}{crypt
}
6 \modulesynopsis{The
\cfunction{crypt()
} function used to check
\UNIX{}
8 \moduleauthor{Steven D. Majewski
}{sdm7g@virginia.edu
}
9 \sectionauthor{Steven D. Majewski
}{sdm7g@virginia.edu
}
12 This module implements an interface to the
\manpage{crypt
}{3} routine,
13 which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm;
14 see the
\UNIX{} man page for further details. Possible uses include
15 allowing Python scripts to accept typed passwords from the user, or
16 attempting to crack
\UNIX{} passwords with a dictionary.
19 \begin{funcdesc
}{crypt
}{word, salt
}
20 \var{word
} will usually be a user's password.
\var{salt
} is a
21 2-character string which will be used to select one of
4096 variations
22 of DES
\indexii{cipher
}{DES
}. The characters in
\var{salt
} must be
23 either
\character{.
},
\character{/
}, or an alphanumeric character.
24 Returns the hashed password as a string, which will be composed of
25 characters from the same alphabet as the salt.
28 The module and documentation were written by Steve Majewski.
29 \index{Majewski, Steve
}
