Thanks Srini.
On 18/06/12 5:44 AM, Srini Kommoori wrote: > For a desktop application, I would recommend using keyring > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring > > For file level password application, I would use PBKDF2 with very high > iteration count. For my application, Safebox, I have used this method. > Here are the details. > http://safebox.fabulasolutions.com/p/safebox-crypto-architecture.html > > all the best > > On Jun 15, 2012, at 12:52 AM, Henry Gomersall<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 11:50 +1200, Frank Rueter | OHUfx wrote: >>> I'm wondering about the best way to handle password input in PySide. >>> I know about python's hashlib, but am wondering if there is a better >>> way >>> to provide security between the user's input into a PySide widget and >>> the hashing. A friend was wondering about a precompiled widget that >>> does >>> the hashing directly so the password is never once stored anywhere as >>> plain text. >>> >>> What are people's approaches for this? >> so, in light of the recent LinkedIn debacle, the following was brought >> to my attention: >> >> http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ >> >> I'm not a security expert, which is why I feel the need to listen to all >> the arguments! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Henry >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PySide mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside _______________________________________________ PySide mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside
