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| author | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2011-02-17 02:02:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2011-02-17 02:02:50 -0500 |
| commit | 3e775b161a86415053356cc2323d5305cc57c643 (patch) | |
| tree | bc5e1bc8ca6f425f1b3684f3444a62b6a86ad141 /docs/index.rst | |
| parent | e08e43f15f8f9d46e36958c07d51ac209f9392fa (diff) | |
| download | passlib-3e775b161a86415053356cc2323d5305cc57c643.tar.gz | |
bigcrypt/crypt16 work
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* added doc files
* bugfix to bigcrypt (w/ UT for it)
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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index d54ef98..f403aab 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -5,12 +5,21 @@ PassLib |release| documentation Introduction ============ Passlib is a collection of routines for managing password hashes -as found in unix /etc/shadow files, as returned by stdlib `crypt()`, -as stored in mysql and postgres, and various other contexts. +in wide variety of different uses: + + * cross-platform replacement for stdlib ``crypt()``. + * encrypting & verifying most known hash formats used by: + - Linux & BSD shadow files + - Apache htpasswd files + - MySQL & PostgreSQL user account tables + * drop-in secure hashing for new python applications + * quickly building a configurable hashing policy + for existing python applications and existing hashing schemes. A quick sample of some of the more frequently used modules: * :mod:`passlib` -- password hashing algorithms + * :mod:`passlib.hash` -- module containing all supported password hashes ... see the :doc:`library overview <overview>` for a complete list. |