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gh-104773: PEP 594: Remove the crypt module (#104908)
Remove the crypt module and its private _crypt extension, deprecated in Python 3.11.
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‎Doc/library/crypto.rst‎

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The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of a
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On Unix systems, the :mod:`crypt` module may also be available.
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encrypted with a DES derived algorithm (see module :mod:`crypt`). However most
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encrypted with a DES derived algorithm. However most
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modern unices use a so-called *shadow password* system. On those unices the
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*pw_passwd* field only contains an asterisk (``'*'``) or the letter ``'x'``
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The modules :mod:`hashlib`, :mod:`posix`, :mod:`ssl`, :mod:`crypt` use
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The modules :mod:`hashlib`, :mod:`posix` and :mod:`ssl` use
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the OpenSSL library for added performance if made available by the
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| :mod:`audioop` | :mod:`crypt` | :mod:`!nis` | :mod:`!sndhdr` | :mod:`uu` |
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| :mod:`audioop` | :mod:`!crypt` | :mod:`!nis` | :mod:`!sndhdr` | :mod:`uu` |
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* :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!msilib` module, deprecated in Python 3.11.
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* :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!crypt` module and its private :mod:`!_crypt`
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extension, deprecated in Python 3.11.
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The :mod:`hashlib` module is a potential replacement for certain use cases.
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Otherwise, the following PyPI projects can be used:
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* `bcrypt <https://pypi.org/project/bcrypt/>`_:
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Modern password hashing for your software and your servers.
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* `passlib <https://pypi.org/project/passlib/>`_:
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Comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 30 schemes.
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* `argon2-cffi <https://pypi.org/project/argon2-cffi/>`_:
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The secure Argon2 password hashing algorithm.
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* `legacycrypt <https://pypi.org/project/legacycrypt/>`_:
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Wrapper to the POSIX crypt library call and associated functionality.
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