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@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ For Fedora and RHEL-derivatives, the following command will ensure that the requ Changelog ========= +3.1.0 +----- +* Added support for ``checkpw`` as another method of verifying a password. + 3.0.0 ----- * Switched the C backend to code obtained from the OpenBSD project rather than @@ -51,8 +55,8 @@ Changelog Usage ----- -Hashing -~~~~~~~ +Password Hashing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hashing and then later checking that a password matches the previous hashed password is very simple: @@ -63,9 +67,9 @@ password is very simple: >>> password = b"super secret password" >>> # Hash a password for the first time, with a randomly-generated salt >>> hashed = bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt()) - >>> # Check that a unhashed password matches one that has previously been - >>> # hashed - >>> if bcrypt.hashpw(password, hashed) == hashed: + >>> # Check that an unhashed password matches one that has previously been + >>> # hashed + >>> if bcrypt.checkpw(password, hashed): ... print("It Matches!") ... else: ... print("It Does not Match :(") |