[Python-ideas] Strong password hashing algorithms in the standard library

[Daniel Holth]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Terry Chia <terrycwk1994 at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's great!
>
> Are there any plans to also include algorithms like bcrypt and scrypt given
> that they are stronger than pbkdf2 for GPU/FPGA-using attackers?
>
> Also, can the same warning be placed on older documentations like the 2.7
> one given the large amount of people still using 2.7?

On some platforms os.crypt() can do bcrypt or an iterative sha crypt
used in red hat etc.