Module: lib.security
¶
Password generation for the IPython notebook.
2 Functions¶
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IPython.lib.security.
passwd
(passphrase=None, algorithm='sha1')¶ Generate hashed password and salt for use in notebook configuration.
In the notebook configuration, set
c.NotebookApp.password
to the generated string.Parameters: - passphrase (str) – Password to hash. If unspecified, the user is asked to input and verify a password.
- algorithm (str) – Hashing algorithm to use (e.g, ‘sha1’ or any argument supported
by
hashlib.new()
).
Returns: hashed_passphrase – Hashed password, in the format ‘hash_algorithm:salt:passphrase_hash’.
Return type: Examples
>>> passwd('mypassword') 'sha1:7cf3:b7d6da294ea9592a9480c8f52e63cd42cfb9dd12'
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IPython.lib.security.
passwd_check
(hashed_passphrase, passphrase)¶ Verify that a given passphrase matches its hashed version.
Parameters: Returns: valid – True if the passphrase matches the hash.
Return type: Examples
>>> from IPython.lib.security import passwd_check >>> passwd_check('sha1:0e112c3ddfce:a68df677475c2b47b6e86d0467eec97ac5f4b85a', ... 'mypassword') True
>>> passwd_check('sha1:0e112c3ddfce:a68df677475c2b47b6e86d0467eec97ac5f4b85a', ... 'anotherpassword') False