Crypt will use the hashing algorithm that it deems most secure. So if
you're system has bcrypt it should use it. If you're hashing passwords
bcrypt is a good hash to use.
On Apr 12, 2013 6:18 AM, "Matt Gushee" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, Peter--
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Peter Bex <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The reason it's erroring out is probably because your libc's crypt()
> > returns NULL for unsupported setting strings, whereas some other crypt()
> > implementations return bogus strings.
> >
> > Could you please try the attached patch and let me know if this fixes
> > it for you, so I can make a new release?
>
> Yes, that works. Thank you!
>
> By the way: since this egg is an interface to "the Unix crypt()
> function," does that mean it does not work on Windows? Also, I have
> seen that some seemingly-knowledgeable people believe that bcrypt is
> one of the better hashing methods. But this crypt is not related to
> bcrypt, is it?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Gushee
>
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