Re: Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Rubin
Michael Ströder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But if the password checking is done with a challenge-response > mechanism (e.g. HTTP-Digest Auth or SASL with DIGEST-MD5) it's > required that the instance checking the password has the clear-text > password available. So reversible encryption for stor

Re: Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-29 Thread Michael Ströder
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm still using Python 2.4. In my code, I want to encrypt a password >> and at another point decrypt it. What is the standard way of doing >> encryption in python? Is it the Pycrypto module? > > Usually, one doesn't store clear-text passw

Re: Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-28 Thread Paul Rubin
"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Usually, one doesn't store clear-text passwords. Instead, use a > hash-algorithm like md5 or crypt (the former is in the standard lib, don't > know of the other out of my head) and hash the password, and store that > hash. Rather, use the HMAC modul

RE: Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-28 Thread Andreas Tawn
>> I'm still using Python 2.4. In my code, I want to encrypt a password >> and at another point decrypt it. What is the standard way of doing >> encryption in python? Is it the Pycrypto module? > >Usually, one doesn't store clear-text passwords. Instead, use a >hash-algorithm like md5 or crypt (

Re: Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-28 Thread Tim Chase
> Usually, one doesn't store clear-text passwords. Instead, use a > hash-algorithm like md5 or crypt (the former is in the standard lib, don't > know of the other out of my head) and hash the password, and store that > hash. Python offers md5, and SHA modules built-in. (yay, python!) http://d

Re: Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-28 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello - > > I'm still using Python 2.4. In my code, I want to encrypt a password > and at another point decrypt it. What is the standard way of doing > encryption in python? Is it the Pycrypto module? Usually, one doesn't store clear-text passwords. Instead, use a h

Encryption Recommendation

2008-01-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello - I'm still using Python 2.4. In my code, I want to encrypt a password and at another point decrypt it. What is the standard way of doing encryption in python? Is it the Pycrypto module? Roger -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Encryption recommendation

2007-07-31 Thread James Stroud
JS wrote: > Can someone help me find the proper way to do AES encryption/decryption > using Python? > > Thanks! > > Use pycrypto. You can roll it into a standalone program for any major OS. See . Don't attempt to write your own AES implementation for production softw

Re: Encryption recommendation

2007-07-31 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Azazello wrote: > On Jul 31, 10:19 am, "JS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can someone help me find the proper way to do AES encryption/decryption >> using Python? >> >> Thanks! > > I did a quick look around the internet and found this seemingly good > link AES in general. Might be a good start. >

Re: Encryption recommendation

2007-07-31 Thread Paul Rubin
"JS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can someone help me find the proper way to do AES encryption/decryption > using Python? http://google.com/search?q=AES+Python -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Encryption recommendation

2007-07-31 Thread Azazello
On Jul 31, 10:19 am, "JS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone help me find the proper way to do AES encryption/decryption > using Python? > > Thanks! I did a quick look around the internet and found this seemingly good link AES in general. Might be a good start. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msd

Encryption recommendation

2007-07-31 Thread JS
Can someone help me find the proper way to do AES encryption/decryption using Python? Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list