Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: python-aprmd5
Version: 0.1
Summary: Python interface to the MD5 routines of libaprutil
Home-page: http://www.herzbube.ch/python-aprmd5
Author: Patrick Näf
Author-email: herzbube@herzbube.ch
License: UNKNOWN
Description: 
        The python-aprmd5 project provides the Python module "aprmd5", which in turn is
        an interface to the MD5 routines of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) Utility
        Library (libaprutil).
        
        The main purpose of python-aprmd5 is to expose a single function,
        apr_md5_encode(), from among libaprutil's MD5 routines. That function is used to
        generate salted crypt-style hashes using a version of the MD5 hash algorithm
        that was modified for Apache. The resulting hashes always start with the prefix
        characters "$apr1$" in order to distinguish them from the result of various
        other crypt() variants, which use other prefixes. For instance, for input "foo"
        and salt "mYJd83wW", apr_md5_encode() produces the following hash:
        
        $apr1$mYJd83wW$IO.6aK3G0d4mHxcImhPX50
        
        Hashes like this are typically generated by the command line utility htpasswd,
        which is part of the Apache HTTP server project. The hashes encrypt user
        passwords that are used by the Apache HTTP server for basic user authentication.
        
        In an attempt to earn its name, python-aprmd5 tries to expose most of the other
        functions of libaprutil's MD5 routines as well. It doesn't try too hard, though,
        since those functions are mostly concerned with the original, unmodified MD5
        algorithm, and access to that algorithm can be easily obtained through the
        Python Standard Library module "hashlib".
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: C
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Other Environment
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
