Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: python-aprmd5
Version: 0.2
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: 
        python-aprmd5 is a Python extension written in C that wraps the MD5 routines of
        the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) Utility Library (libaprutil) and exposes them
        to the Python interpreter as the module aprmd5. The main purpose of writing
        python-aprmd5 in the first place has been to expose the function
        apr_md5_encode(), which generates salted crypt-style hashes using a version of
        the MD5 hash algorithm that was modified especially for the APR project.
        
        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.
        
        For completeness sake, python-aprmd5 exposes not only apr_md5_encode() but most
        of the other functions of libaprutil's MD5 routines as well. Where those
        functions are concerned with the original, unmodified MD5 algorithm, this is
        mostly a duplication of effort as that algorithm can be easily obtained through
        the Python Standard Library module "hashlib". In fact I advise against using
        python-aprmd5 if you are interested in the original MD5 algorithm only.
        
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
