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- <section id="module-crypt">
- <span id="crypt-function-to-check-unix-passwords"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-crypt" title="crypt: The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. (deprecated) (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt</span></code></a> — Function to check Unix passwords<a class="headerlink" href="#module-crypt" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/crypt.py">Lib/crypt.py</a></p>
- <div class="deprecated-removed" id="index-0">
- <p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.11, will be removed in version 3.13: </span>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-crypt" title="crypt: The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. (deprecated) (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt</span></code></a> module is deprecated
- (see <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#crypt"><strong>PEP 594</strong></a> for details and alternatives).
- The <a class="reference internal" href="hashlib.html#module-hashlib" title="hashlib: Secure hash and message digest algorithms."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">hashlib</span></code></a> module is a potential replacement for certain use cases.
- The <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.org/project/passlib/">passlib</a> package can replace all use cases of this module.</p>
- </div>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>This module implements an interface to the <em class="manpage"><a class="manpage reference external" href="https://manpages.debian.org/crypt(3)">crypt(3)</a></em> routine, which is
- a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm; see the Unix man
- page for further details. Possible uses include storing hashed passwords
- so you can check passwords without storing the actual password, or attempting
- to crack Unix passwords with a dictionary.</p>
- <p id="index-2">Notice that the behavior of this module depends on the actual implementation of
- the <em class="manpage"><a class="manpage reference external" href="https://manpages.debian.org/crypt(3)">crypt(3)</a></em> routine in the running system. Therefore, any
- extensions available on the current implementation will also be available on
- this module.</p>
- <div class="availability docutils container">
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#availability"><span class="std std-ref">Availability</span></a>: Unix, not VxWorks.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="availability docutils container">
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#availability"><span class="std std-ref">Availability</span></a>: not Emscripten, not WASI.</p>
- <p>This module does not work or is not available on WebAssembly platforms
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wasm32-emscripten</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wasm32-wasi</span></code>. See
- <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#wasm-availability"><span class="std std-ref">WebAssembly platforms</span></a> for more information.</p>
- </div>
- <section id="hashing-methods">
- <h2>Hashing Methods<a class="headerlink" href="#hashing-methods" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.3.</span></p>
- </div>
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-crypt" title="crypt: The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. (deprecated) (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt</span></code></a> module defines the list of hashing methods (not all methods
- are available on all platforms):</p>
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.METHOD_SHA512">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">METHOD_SHA512</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.METHOD_SHA512" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A Modular Crypt Format method with 16 character salt and 86 character
- hash based on the SHA-512 hash function. This is the strongest method.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.METHOD_SHA256">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">METHOD_SHA256</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.METHOD_SHA256" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Another Modular Crypt Format method with 16 character salt and 43
- character hash based on the SHA-256 hash function.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.METHOD_BLOWFISH">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">METHOD_BLOWFISH</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.METHOD_BLOWFISH" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Another Modular Crypt Format method with 22 character salt and 31
- character hash based on the Blowfish cipher.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.7.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.METHOD_MD5">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">METHOD_MD5</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.METHOD_MD5" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Another Modular Crypt Format method with 8 character salt and 22
- character hash based on the MD5 hash function.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.METHOD_CRYPT">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">METHOD_CRYPT</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.METHOD_CRYPT" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The traditional method with a 2 character salt and 13 characters of
- hash. This is the weakest method.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="module-attributes">
- <h2>Module Attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#module-attributes" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.3.</span></p>
- </div>
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.methods">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">methods</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.methods" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A list of available password hashing algorithms, as
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt.METHOD_*</span></code> objects. This list is sorted from strongest to
- weakest.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="module-functions">
- <h2>Module Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#module-functions" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-crypt" title="crypt: The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. (deprecated) (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt</span></code></a> module defines the following functions:</p>
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.crypt">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">crypt</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">word</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">salt</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.crypt" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p><em>word</em> will usually be a user’s password as typed at a prompt or in a graphical
- interface. The optional <em>salt</em> is either a string as returned from
- <a class="reference internal" href="#crypt.mksalt" title="crypt.mksalt"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mksalt()</span></code></a>, one of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt.METHOD_*</span></code> values (though not all
- may be available on all platforms), or a full encrypted password
- including salt, as returned by this function. If <em>salt</em> is not
- provided, the strongest method available in <a class="reference internal" href="#crypt.methods" title="crypt.methods"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">methods</span></code></a> will be used.</p>
- <p>Checking a password is usually done by passing the plain-text password
- as <em>word</em> and the full results of a previous <a class="reference internal" href="#module-crypt" title="crypt: The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. (deprecated) (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt()</span></code></a> call,
- which should be the same as the results of this call.</p>
- <p><em>salt</em> (either a random 2 or 16 character string, possibly prefixed with
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$digit$</span></code> to indicate the method) which will be used to perturb the
- encryption algorithm. The characters in <em>salt</em> must be in the set
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[./a-zA-Z0-9]</span></code>, with the exception of Modular Crypt Format which
- prefixes a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$digit$</span></code>.</p>
- <p>Returns the hashed password as a string, which will be composed of
- characters from the same alphabet as the salt.</p>
- <p id="index-3">Since a few <em class="manpage"><a class="manpage reference external" href="https://manpages.debian.org/crypt(3)">crypt(3)</a></em> extensions allow different values, with
- different sizes in the <em>salt</em>, it is recommended to use the full crypted
- password as salt when checking for a password.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Accept <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt.METHOD_*</span></code> values in addition to strings for <em>salt</em>.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="crypt.mksalt">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">crypt.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">mksalt</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">rounds</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#crypt.mksalt" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a randomly generated salt of the specified method. If no
- <em>method</em> is given, the strongest method available in <a class="reference internal" href="#crypt.methods" title="crypt.methods"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">methods</span></code></a> is
- used.</p>
- <p>The return value is a string suitable for passing as the <em>salt</em> argument
- to <a class="reference internal" href="#module-crypt" title="crypt: The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. (deprecated) (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">crypt()</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p><em>rounds</em> specifies the number of rounds for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">METHOD_SHA256</span></code>,
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">METHOD_SHA512</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">METHOD_BLOWFISH</span></code>.
- For <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">METHOD_SHA256</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">METHOD_SHA512</span></code> it must be an integer between
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1000</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">999_999_999</span></code>, the default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">5000</span></code>. For
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">METHOD_BLOWFISH</span></code> it must be a power of two between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">16</span></code> (2<sup>4</sup>)
- and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2_147_483_648</span></code> (2<sup>31</sup>), the default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">4096</span></code>
- (2<sup>12</sup>).</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.3.</span></p>
- </div>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.7: </span>Added the <em>rounds</em> parameter.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="examples">
- <h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>A simple example illustrating typical use (a constant-time comparison
- operation is needed to limit exposure to timing attacks.
- <a class="reference internal" href="hmac.html#hmac.compare_digest" title="hmac.compare_digest"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">hmac.compare_digest()</span></code></a> is suitable for this purpose):</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pwd</span>
- <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">crypt</span>
- <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">getpass</span>
- <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">hmac</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">compare_digest</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">compare_hash</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">login</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="n">username</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">input</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Python login: '</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">cryptedpasswd</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">pwd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getpwnam</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">cryptedpasswd</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">cryptedpasswd</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'x'</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="n">cryptedpasswd</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'*'</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">ValueError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'no support for shadow passwords'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">cleartext</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">getpass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getpass</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">compare_hash</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">crypt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">crypt</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cleartext</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">cryptedpasswd</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">cryptedpasswd</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
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- <p>To generate a hash of a password using the strongest available method and
- check it against the original:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">crypt</span>
- <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">hmac</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">compare_digest</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">compare_hash</span>
-
- <span class="n">hashed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">crypt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">crypt</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">plaintext</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">compare_hash</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">hashed</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">crypt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">crypt</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">plaintext</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">hashed</span><span class="p">)):</span>
- <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">ValueError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"hashed version doesn't validate against original"</span><span class="p">)</span>
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