Im wanting to use the builtin hashlib functions to encrypt passwords before storing them in a database.
According to documentation on the python.org site it should be as simple as import hashlib hashname = hashlib.sha234 (or whatever other hash method you want like md5 or whatever) hashname.update(b"test") the b is for byte since the documentation states that hashlib does not accept strings hashname.hexdigest() or digest() will give you the hash encrypted value. (hexdigest will encode the output in hex for use in email and string db storage) My problem is that hashname.update results in a: AttributeError: 'built_in_function_or_method' object has no attribute 'update' I get this error in python 2 and python 3 I get it on multiple operating systems, so I dont understand whats going wrong. Either there is a bug in the module hashlib, or the module changed and the docs don't keep up. Either way I can not encrypt the password of my project for new users till I figure out whats going on. Your help much appreciated. Rance _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
