> Do you know how any other system manages to do this? Linux, for example > assuming properly configured system)? The passwords aren't stored: hashes > of the passwords are stored (with additional things thrown in to prevent > certain kinds of attacks even if someone nabs the password (/etc/shadow) > file). If you store the password or even encrypt it (i.e. something that can > be reversed if someone knows the key), it's a risk.
Ok, I understand it. What about the MD5? Is it good enough to use when saving a hashed password on the database? For example: user_input = raw_input("Type your password: ") password = md5.md5(user_input).hexdigest() SavePasswordInDatabase(user,password) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list