Re: Password Hash Validation (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:49:16 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>

However, one language that does seem able to keep up to date is Perl.
So here’s my current password validation function:...
        outhash = subprocess.check_output \
          (
            args = ("perl", "-e", "print crypt.... )

 
Ugh!  Better to re-implement the function in Python.

I want a wrapper for crypt(3) and friends, so I automatically support any
password hashes that the system implements, now or in the future. I don’t
want to have to worry about specific hash algorithms in my code.

passlib meant well, but I think it was over-engineered for this purpose.

I think I will create my own wrapper using ctypes.