Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist
* Package name : python-py-bcrypt Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Damien Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.mindrot.org/projects/py-bcrypt/ * License : ISC/BSD (advertising clause--see below) Programming Lang: C, Python Description : implementation of OpenBSD's Blowfish password hash algorithm py-bcrypt is a Python module implementating the OpenBSD Blowfish password hashing algorithm, as described in "A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme" by Niels Provos and David Mazieres: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bcrypt-paper.ps 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. The computation cost of the algorithm is parametised, so it can be increased as computers get faster. I have Cc'd the debian-python list on this, since it's a pretty straightforward Python (>=2.4) module with a standard distutils setup.py included. If there's no interest, I'll retitle it to an ITP in a week or two, but this seemed like a good first step since I've not packaged a public Python module previously. The LICENSE file quotes a four-clause BSD (advertising) license for code taken from OpenBSD circa 1997, which could be easily changed to a modern BSD license, though the py-bcrypt author should probably be asked to do this upstream. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
