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py-bcrypt is a Python wrapper of OpenBSD's Blowfish password hashing code, as described in "A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme" by Niels Provos and David Mazières. This system hashes passwords using a version of Bruce Schneier's Blowfish block cipher with modifications designed to raise the cost of off-line password cracking and frustrate fast hardware implementation. The computation cost of the algorithm is parametised, so it can be increased as computers get faster. The intent is to make a compromise of a password database less likely to result in an attacker gaining knowledge of the plaintext passwords (e.g. using John the Ripper).
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py-bcrypt is a Python wrapper of OpenBSD's Blowfish password hashing code,
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as described in "A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme" by Niels Provos and
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David Mazières.
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This system hashes passwords using a version of Bruce Schneier's
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Blowfish block cipher with modifications designed to raise the cost of
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off-line password cracking and frustrate fast hardware implementation.
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The computation cost of the algorithm is parametised, so it can be
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increased as computers get faster. The intent is to make a compromise
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of a password database less likely to result in an attacker gaining
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knowledge of the plaintext passwords (e.g. using John the Ripper).
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