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Check passwords against HaveIBeenPwnd

Project description

Troy Hunt released a new version of the Have I Been pwnd Database. This time with more anonymity in mind.

Features:

  • does not sent passwords to HaveIBeenPwnd.com

  • does not sent complete password hashes to HaveIBeenPwnd.com

  • zero dependencies except requests (will be removed later)

  • python2 & python3 support

  • tests

Usage:

You can use HaveIBeenPwnd als command line script or use it as module in other python code.

As command line script

Install HaveIBeenPwnd gobally or in a virtual environment:

$ pip install haveibeenpwnd

This add shortcuts to haveibeenpwnd, so that you call haveibeenpwnd from everywhere. To check a password, simply do this:

$ haveibeenpwnd –password hunter2 The password was found 16092 times in the haveibeenpwned.com database.

Remember, haveibeenpwnd does not send the given password into the internet, it sends the first 5 chars of the SHA1 Hash.

To check if a mail has been part of a breach, do this:

$ haveibeenpwnd -m test@example.com The email <test@example.com> was found in following breaches: The <000webhost> breach (2015-03-01) exposed Email addresses, IP addresses, Names and Passwords The <8tracks> breach (2017-06-27) exposed Email addresses and Passwords …

As module

Check emails:

>>> from haveibeenpwnd import check_email
>>> check_email("test@example.com"))
>>> check_email("test@example.com")
{'breaches': [{'Title': '000webhost', ...}]}

and check passwords:

>>> from haveibeenpwnd import check_password
>>> check_password('hunter2')
16092
>>> check_password('lksdflksdpsökfdsödg')
0

Installation

You can install haveibeenpwnd with pip:

$ pip install haveibeenpwnd

Testing:

You can run tests with:

$ tox

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