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| author | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2011-03-22 14:48:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Eli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com> | 2011-03-22 14:48:55 -0400 |
| commit | 954793fe3bf7f2878598b9429c39f7d654a1327b (patch) | |
| tree | d5832bc356bd7ce69293161b00cc058c94b82bfe /docs/index.rst | |
| parent | f6c3fb3c0878cc74a4467828418ffb3ccd0082b2 (diff) | |
| download | passlib-954793fe3bf7f2878598b9429c39f7d654a1327b.tar.gz | |
documentation work & rearranging
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* added documentation for overview, ldap digests
* lots of other documentation updates
* renamed passlib.unix -> passlib.hosts
* renamed passlib.sqldb -> passlib.servers
* added passlib.servers.custom_app_context for quickstart purposes
* added ldap {CLEARTEXT} support
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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 3a78d56..45efdf1 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -4,45 +4,25 @@ PassLib |release| documentation Introduction ============ -PassLib is a library for managing password hashes, -with support for over 18 current and historical :doc:`password hash schemes <lib/passlib.hash>`. +PassLib is a library for encrypting, verifying, and managing password hashes. +It supports over 20 current and historical password hash schemes. It can be used for a variety of purposes: - * cross-platform replacement for stdlib's ``crypt()``. - * encrypting & verifying most known hash formats used by: - - Linux & BSD shadow files - - Apache htpasswd files - - MySQL & PostgreSQL user account tables - * drop-in password hashing for new python applications. - * building a configurable hashing policy - for python applications to migrate existing hashing schemes. - -See the :doc:`Library Overview <overview>` for more details. +* cross-platform replacement for stdlib's ``crypt()``. +* encrypting & verifying most known hash formats used by: + - Linux & BSD shadow files + - Apache htpasswd & htdigest files + - MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle user account tables + - LDAP +* drop-in password hashing for new python applications. +* building a configurable hashing policy + for python applications to migrate existing hashing schemes. Quick Links =========== -.. raw:: html - - <table class="contentstable" align="center"> - <tr> - <td width="50%" valign="top"> - <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="contents.html">Table of Contents</a><br> - <span class="linkdescr">lists all sections and subsections</span></p> - - <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="overview.html">Library Overview</a><br> - <span class="linkdescr">describes how PassLib is laid out</span></p> - - </td><td width="50%"> - - <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="genindex.html">General Index</a><br> - <span class="linkdescr">all functions, classes, terms</span></p> - - <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="py-modindex.html">Module List</a><br> - <span class="linkdescr">quick access to all modules</span></p> +* See the :doc:`Library Overview <overview>` for more details about passlib. - <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="search.html">Search Page</a><br> - <span class="linkdescr">search this documentation</span></p> +* See the :doc:`Installation Instructions <install>` to get PassLib installed on your system. - </td></tr> - </table> +* See the :mod:`passlib.hash <passlib.hash>` module for a complete list of supported hash algorithms. |