CVS commit: pkgsrc/security/py-py-bcrypt

["Blue Rats" <rodent%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   rodent
Date:           Sun Apr 19 00:47:59 UTC 2015

Added Files:
        pkgsrc/security/py-py-bcrypt: DESCR Makefile PLIST distinfo

Log Message:
Import py27-py-bcrypt-0.4 as security/py-py-bcrypt.

py-bcrypt is a Python wrapper of OpenBSD's Blowfish password hashing code, as
described in "A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme" by Niels Provos and David
Mazieres.

This system hashes passwords using a version of Bruce Schneier's Blowfish block
cipher with modifications designed to raise the cost of off-line password
cracking and frustrate fast hardware implementation. The computation cost of the
algorithm is parametised, so it can be increased as computers get faster. The
intent is to make a compromise of a password database less likely to result in
an attacker gaining knowledge of the plaintext passwords (e.g. using John the
Ripper).

As of py-bcrypt-0.4, this module can also be used as a Key Derivation Function
(KDF) to turn a password and salt into a cryptographic key.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r0 -r1.1 pkgsrc/security/py-py-bcrypt/DESCR \
    pkgsrc/security/py-py-bcrypt/Makefile pkgsrc/security/py-py-bcrypt/PLIST \
    pkgsrc/security/py-py-bcrypt/distinfo

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