# Twisted, the Framework of Your Internet # Copyright (C) 2001 Matthew W. Lefkowitz # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA """ Utility functions for authorization. These are currently for challenge-response shared secret authentication. Maintainer: U{Glyph Lefkowitz} Stability: semi-stable """ # System Imports import md5 import random from twisted.cred.error import Unauthorized def respond(challenge, password): """Respond to a challenge. This is useful for challenge/response authentication. """ m = md5.new() m.update(password) hashedPassword = m.digest() m = md5.new() m.update(hashedPassword) m.update(challenge) doubleHashedPassword = m.digest() return doubleHashedPassword def challenge(): """I return some random data. """ crap = '' for x in range(random.randrange(15,25)): crap = crap + chr(random.randint(65,90)) crap = md5.new(crap).digest() return crap