more secure crypt() function

[Paul Rubin]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:
>    def md5x(str) md5.new(str).hexdigest()[:16]

Bah.. the above should say

   def md5x(str)
      return md5.new(str).hexdigest()[:16]

And the following

>    def hash(password):
>      salt = <say 4 some random characters>
>      return = salt + md5x(salt + password)

should say:

    def hash(password):
      salt = <say 4 some random characters>
      return salt + md5x(salt + password)

I think the last one (below) is ok, but note I haven't tested any of them.

>    def verify(password, hashed):
>      salt, digest = hashed[:4], hashed[4:]
>      return digest == md5(salt + password)