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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex b/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e44f7b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +\section{Built-in module {\tt crypt}} +\bimodindex{crypt} + +This module implements an interface to the crypt({\bf 3}) routine, +which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm; +see the Unix man page for further details. Possible uses include +allowing Python scripts to accept typed passwords from the user, or +attempting to crack Unix passwords with a dictionary. +\index{crypt(3)} + +\begin{funcdesc}{crypt}{word\, salt} +\var{word} will usually be a user's password. \var{salt} is a +2-character string which will be used to select one of 4096 variations +of DES. The characters in \var{salt} must be either \code{.}, +\code{/}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the hashed password +as a string, which will be composed of characters from the same +alphabet as the salt. +\end{funcdesc} + +The module and documentation were written by Steve Majewski. +\index{Majewski, Steve} |