User Authentication

[Lucas Raab]

I would like to be able to write a username/password authentication program
using the SHA or MD5 algorithms. How is the best way going about this and
making a file where the stored usernames and passwords are kept and
comparing that to what user types in?

Many thanks

[Paul Rubin]

Re: User Authentication

"Lucas Raab" <lvraab@earthli nk.net> writes:[color=blue]
> I would like to be able to write a username/password authentication program
> using the SHA or MD5 algorithms. How is the best way going about this and
> making a file where the stored usernames and passwords are kept and
> comparing that to what user types in?[/color]

Umm. Be a little careful about this. Can you say more about the
specific application?

[Ng Pheng Siong]

Re: User Authentication

According to Lucas Raab <lvraab@earthli nk.net>:[color=blue]
> I would like to be able to write a username/password authentication program
> using the SHA or MD5 algorithms. How is the best way going about this and
> making a file where the stored usernames and passwords are kept and
> comparing that to what user types in?[/color]

Look at Zope's zpasswd.py. Remember to add salt; Zope's doesn't.


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