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18 # $Id: password.py,v 1.5 2002-09-10 00:18:20 richard Exp $
20 __doc__ = """
21 Password handling (encoding, decoding).
22 """
24 import sha, re
26 def encodePassword(plaintext, scheme):
27 '''Encrypt the plaintext password.
28 '''
29 if scheme == 'SHA':
30 s = sha.sha(plaintext).hexdigest()
31 elif scheme == 'plaintext':
32 pass
33 else:
34 raise ValueError, 'Unknown encryption scheme "%s"'%scheme
35 return s
37 class Password:
38 '''The class encapsulates a Password property type value in the database.
40 The encoding of the password is one if None, 'SHA' or 'plaintext'. The
41 encodePassword function is used to actually encode the password from
42 plaintext. The None encoding is used in legacy databases where no
43 encoding scheme is identified.
45 The scheme is stored with the encoded data in the database:
46 {scheme}data
48 Example usage:
49 >>> p = Password('sekrit')
50 >>> p == 'sekrit'
51 1
52 >>> p != 'not sekrit'
53 1
54 >>> 'sekrit' == p
55 1
56 >>> 'not sekrit' != p
57 1
58 '''
60 default_scheme = 'SHA' # new encryptions use this scheme
61 pwre = re.compile(r'{(\w+)}(.+)')
63 def __init__(self, plaintext=None):
64 '''Call setPassword if plaintext is not None.'''
65 if plaintext is not None:
66 self.password = encodePassword(plaintext, self.default_scheme)
67 self.scheme = self.default_scheme
68 else:
69 self.password = None
70 self.scheme = self.default_scheme
72 def unpack(self, encrypted):
73 '''Set the password info from the scheme:<encryted info> string
74 (the inverse of __str__)
75 '''
76 m = self.pwre.match(encrypted)
77 if m:
78 self.scheme = m.group(1)
79 self.password = m.group(2)
80 else:
81 # currently plaintext - encrypt
82 self.password = encodePassword(encrypted, self.default_scheme)
83 self.scheme = self.default_scheme
85 def setPassword(self, plaintext):
86 '''Sets encrypts plaintext.'''
87 self.password = encodePassword(plaintext, self.scheme)
89 def __cmp__(self, other):
90 '''Compare this password against another password.'''
91 # check to see if we're comparing instances
92 if isinstance(other, Password):
93 if self.scheme != other.scheme:
94 return
95 return cmp(self.password, other.password)
97 # assume password is plaintext
98 if self.password is None:
99 raise ValueError, 'Password not set'
100 return cmp(self.password, encodePassword(other, self.scheme))
102 def __str__(self):
103 '''Stringify the encrypted password for database storage.'''
104 if self.password is None:
105 raise ValueError, 'Password not set'
106 return '{%s}%s'%(self.scheme, self.password)
108 def test():
109 p = Password('sekrit')
110 assert p == 'sekrit'
111 assert p != 'not sekrit'
112 assert 'sekrit' == p
113 assert 'not sekrit' != p
115 if __name__ == '__main__':
116 test()
118 # vim: set filetype=python ts=4 sw=4 et si