Commit e2f194b5 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Use \manpage{} markup for referencing a UNIX man page.

Added index entry for DES cipher.
parent 8ecc705b
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\label{module-crypt}
\bimodindex{crypt}
This module implements an interface to the crypt(\strong{3}) routine,
This module implements an interface to the \manpage{crypt}{3} routine,
which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm;
see the \UNIX{} man page for further details. Possible uses include
allowing Python scripts to accept typed passwords from the user, or
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\begin{funcdesc}{crypt}{word\, salt}
\var{word} will usually be a user's password. \var{salt} is a
2-character string which will be used to select one of 4096 variations
of DES. The characters in \var{salt} must be either \code{.},
\code{/}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the hashed password
as a string, which will be composed of characters from the same
alphabet as the salt.
of DES\indexii{cipher}{DES}. The characters in \var{salt} must be
either \code{.}, \code{/}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the
hashed password as a string, which will be composed of characters from
the same alphabet as the salt.
\end{funcdesc}
The module and documentation were written by Steve Majewski.
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......@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
\label{module-crypt}
\bimodindex{crypt}
This module implements an interface to the crypt(\strong{3}) routine,
This module implements an interface to the \manpage{crypt}{3} routine,
which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm;
see the \UNIX{} man page for further details. Possible uses include
allowing Python scripts to accept typed passwords from the user, or
......@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ attempting to crack \UNIX{} passwords with a dictionary.
\begin{funcdesc}{crypt}{word\, salt}
\var{word} will usually be a user's password. \var{salt} is a
2-character string which will be used to select one of 4096 variations
of DES. The characters in \var{salt} must be either \code{.},
\code{/}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the hashed password
as a string, which will be composed of characters from the same
alphabet as the salt.
of DES\indexii{cipher}{DES}. The characters in \var{salt} must be
either \code{.}, \code{/}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the
hashed password as a string, which will be composed of characters from
the same alphabet as the salt.
\end{funcdesc}
The module and documentation were written by Steve Majewski.
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