Passlib.hash won't import

Asked Jul 24 '14 at 23:23

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I am trying to import passlib.hash with

from passlib.hash import md5_crypt

But I get the error message

ImportError: No module named passlib.hash

Why is this? Can I even us passlib.hash anymore to encrypt passwords? I know there was another question similar to this, but there was only one answer and that didn't work.

And if passlib.hash isn't the best way to go, what are some other solutions out there that work?

asked Jul 24 '14 at 23:23

nick

First. NO MD5 :@ Secondly. Works fine for me. – Jakob Bowyer Jul 24 '14 at 23:24
Still not working for me. Still says no module named passlib.hash. What do you suggest I try or do? – nick Jul 24 '14 at 23:41
`pip install passlib --upgrade` – Jakob Bowyer Jul 24 '14 at 23:42
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would you suggest hashlib.sha512()? – nick Jul 24 '14 at 23:50
@JakobBowyer I mean, unless you're using MD5 for something not cryptographically secure, like a checksum/file fingerprint. – aruisdante Jul 24 '14 at 23:50
@aruisdante sha all the things – Jakob Bowyer Jul 24 '14 at 23:57
@JakobBowyer MD5 is generally a [good bit faster](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2722943/is-calculating-an-md5-hash-less-cpu-intensive-than-sha-1-or-sha-2) than sha. There is a reason most places still use it as a checksum/file fingerprint hash. Definitely do NOT use it as a way of encrypting data though. – aruisdante Jul 25 '14 at 00:02

Passlib.hash won't import

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