Send password over TCP connection

[dcrespo]

> Do you know how any other system manages to do this?  Linux, for example assuming  properly configured system)?  The passwords aren't stored: hashes of the passwords are stored (with additional things thrown in to prevent certain kinds of attacks even if someone nabs the password (/etc/shadow) file).  If you store the password or even encrypt it (i.e. something that can be reversed if someone knows the key), it's a risk.

Ok, I understand it. What about the MD5? Is it good enough to use when
saving a hashed password on the database?

For example:
user_input = raw_input("Type your password: ")
password = md5.md5(user_input).hexdigest()
SavePasswordInDatabase(user,password)