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# lib.security

## Module: `lib.security`

Password generation for the IPython notebook.

## Functions

`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 : str Hashed password, in the format ‘hash_algorithm:salt:passphrase_hash’.

  Examples

  In [1]: passwd(‘mypassword’) Out[1]: ‘sha1:7cf3:b7d6da294ea9592a9480c8f52e63cd42cfb9dd12’

`IPython.lib.security.``passwd_check`(hashed_passphrase, passphrase)

  Verify that a given passphrase matches its hashed version.

  Parameters : | hashed_passphrase : str Hashed password, in the format returned by passwd. passphrase : str Passphrase to validate.
  Returns : | valid : bool True if the passphrase matches the hash.

  Examples

  In [1]: from IPython.lib.security import passwd_check

  In [2]: passwd_check(‘sha1:0e112c3ddfce:a68df677475c2b47b6e86d0467eec97ac5f4b85a’,
    ...: ‘mypassword’)

  Out[2]: True

  In [3]: passwd_check(‘sha1:0e112c3ddfce:a68df677475c2b47b6e86d0467eec97ac5f4b85a’,
    ...: ‘anotherpassword’)

  Out[3]: False

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