[Tutor] How to save password ?

[Chad Crabtree]

Mark Kels wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I want to make an application that is protected by a password ( in
the
>first time the user enters a password, and after the first use he
must
>enter that password every time the application starts ).
>For this kind of project I need to save the password so no one would
>be able to access it.
>does anyone have any suggestion ?
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I would do a one way hash to check it this is how Linux does it's
passwords.

A python module that does this
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-md5.html

some articles on what this is.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/000217.htm
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/one-way_hash_function.htm


		
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