Since revison 3049 in trunk (also merged into the 1.0 branch) you can
specify custom algorithms in the config.

On 6/9/07, OldPond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The _init_.py initializer for the identity module shows support for md5 and
> sha1 in the _encrypt_password method.  It shouldn't be hard to extend that
> method.  It contains this comment:
>
> Hash the given password with the specified algorithm. Valid values
>     for algorithm are 'md5' and 'sha1'. All other algorithm values will
>     be essentially a no-op.
>
> Does that mean there is no planned support for other algorithms, or are
> other algorithms just awaiting implementation?
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Mikkel Høgh
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:50 AM
> To: TurboGears
> Subject: [TurboGears] Securely hashed passwords
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I've been wondering how to implement securely hashed passwords in
> TurboGears. According to this document here:
> http://docs.turbogears.org/1.0/RoughDocs/IdentityEncryptedPassword
> there is a mechanism for it (although misnamed - since hashing is not
> encryption).
>
> Sadly the document in question claims that the only options are SHA1
> or MD5 - and since both of these are vulnerable to cracking, I was
> wondering if its really true the only options are those two, since in
> Python 2.5, support is built-in with hashlib for SHA224, SHA256,
> SHA384, and SHA512
>
> So, my question is - do we support this? If not, why? Is it hard to
> implement?b
>
>
>
>
> >
>


-- 
cheers
    elvelind grandin

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