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| author | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2013-12-20 23:42:21 -0500 |
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| committer | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2013-12-20 23:42:21 -0500 |
| commit | d48644569397bfe529bc05a68ecd21d031550fa6 (patch) | |
| tree | ca79158f8a025139592d6df14cf293210210dab8 /docs/lib | |
| parent | 4af9748bcaed1085a8c1e64c2370fa00fb244f11 (diff) | |
| download | passlib-d48644569397bfe529bc05a68ecd21d031550fa6.tar.gz | |
added support for bcrypt library (issue 49),
also split bcrypt handler tests out into separate file for ease of testing
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.rst b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.rst index 6b68d4c..b94dfa8 100644 --- a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.rst +++ b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.bcrypt.rst @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ for new applications. This class can be used directly as follows:: .. note:: It is strongly recommended that you install - `py-bcrypt <http://code.google.com/p/py-bcrypt/>`_ + `bcrypt <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bcrypt>`_ + or `py-bcrypt <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py-bcrypt>`_ when using this hash. .. seealso:: the generic :ref:`PasswordHash usage examples <password-hash-examples>` @@ -47,20 +48,21 @@ Interface .. note:: - This class will use the first available of four possible backends: + This class will use the first available of five possible backends: - 1. `py-bcrypt <http://code.google.com/p/py-bcrypt/>`_, if installed. - 2. `bcryptor <https://bitbucket.org/ares/bcryptor/overview>`_, if installed. - 3. stdlib's :func:`crypt.crypt()`, if the host OS supports BCrypt + 1. `bcrypt <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bcrypt>`_, if installed. + 2. `py-bcrypt <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py-bcrypt>`_, if installed. + 3. `bcryptor <https://bitbucket.org/ares/bcryptor/overview>`_, if installed. + 4. stdlib's :func:`crypt.crypt()`, if the host OS supports BCrypt (primarily BSD-derived systems). - 4. A pure-python implementation of BCrypt, built into Passlib. + 5. A pure-python implementation of BCrypt, built into Passlib. If no backends are available, :meth:`encrypt` and :meth:`verify` will throw :exc:`~passlib.exc.MissingBackendError` when they are invoked. You can check which backend is in use by calling :meth:`!bcrypt.get_backend()`. .. warning:: - The pure-python backend (#4) is disabled by default! + The pure-python backend (#5) is disabled by default! That backend is currently too slow to be usuable given the number of rounds required for security. That said, if you have no other alternative and need to use it, |