Checksum routine - new to Python

[Alex]

> If there is a Python library with something suitable, I'll happily use
> that instead.

Maybe.  How about crc?

import binascii
binascii.crc_hqx ('asentuhaonthu', 1092)

Or MD5?

import md5
md5.new ('naoethuanotehu').digest()


Alex.